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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1925
Page
7
Reliable automobile dealers advertise in the classified columns of The Sunday Commercial Tribune promising better values today due to sound management and quick turnover. They urge readers to select a car promised to the family and to use the paper’s low cost Want Ads by calling Canal 6300.
Detroit players arrive in Augusta with Heilmann Wingo Collins Hollo way joining workouts. Heinie Mahusch Dutch Leonard Bart Whitehill and Bert Cobble excluded and not expected to report as Tigers begin training.
Tri State intermediate basketball at L. B. Harrison Club moves toward round four on Monday. Littleford School draws bye to semis. Covington Y Senators face Sigma Chi Midgets in intercity clash. Newport Catholic Gym Cats meet Purcell Orioles. Westwood Eagles play Fenwick Pioneers. Crowds near 500 last night. plans to host over 1,000 over next three nights.
Alumni and St. Xavier College undergraduates meet at Seventh and Sycamore for a big night of basketball with coach Joe Meyer pitting the ponies against Fincaste representatives. A preliminary at 7:45 features alumni versus college freshmen followed by the main game.
In Fenwick Club gym on Commercial Square Fenwick led by Coach Tiny Pfeiffer hosts Newport Catholic Gym in a top Class A showdown. A Fenwick win would tie the league with Austin, while a loss could end their title hopes as the Pioneers meet the Cats in the prelim.
The L. B. Harrison Club basketball team closes its home schedule with a game against Capitol University at the West Seventh Street gym tonight. Unbeaten in local play, the Harrisons expect a large crowd for the finale.
University School clinched the Class B High School Athletic Association championship by overpowering Franklin School 33 to 1 on its court. Trager led with 21 points, supported by Adams Effren Cohen and Captain Radcliffe as the unbeaten university five extended its streak to nine wins.
Eddie Cannonball Martin the world bantamweight champion met Pete Sarmiento in a ten round no decision bout in Milwaukee. The fast, clinch free contest drew expert opinions from a shade for Martin to a draw. Martin pressed the action toe to toe weighing 120 pounds to Sarmiento 121 1/2.
Chicago March 6 Kenesaw Mountain Landis Baseball Commissioner began a three weeks swing visiting major league spring training camps in the South He will inspect the White Sox at Shreveport Louisiana and present the world series emblems to the Washington players at their Florida camp on March 14.
The death of Sam Berger former national amateur heavyweight champion who died February 23 in San Francisco was filed in Superior Court here today. The estate of $100000 is to be divided equally among the widow a sister a niece and a brother.
In Belleair Florida Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd of Philadelphia and Miss Bernice Wall of Oshkosh advance to the finals of the Belleair women’s championship semi finals. Hurd defeated Mrs G Henry Stetson 2 and 1 while Wall rallied to beat Frances Hadfield of Milwaukee. Hadfield had eliminated medalist Glenna Collett and was 3 up at the turn before halving the back nine.
In Ormond Beach Florida Mrs C B Wright Minneapolis faces Miss Gladys Selick Glen Ridge N J in the finals of the annual women's putting tournament. Wright beat Mrs C B Prettyman Philadelphia 4 and 2 in the first round and eliminated Mrs A M Reynolds Montclair N J 1 up.
A. M Hoxie of Boston defeats Yale’s Joe Hotchkiss 2 and 1 to reach tomorrow’s final at Pinehurst in the spring golf tournament. Randolph of Point Judith Rhode Island advances by edged Malcolm B Johnson Cleveland 1 up.
Frank Goodnough, team manager, led sixteen Leonine Baseball Club members at St. Leo's Hall in a planning session for the season. He praised turnout and announced a practice game against the University of Cincinnati at Carson Field on April 18. The club will reconvene next Friday to finalize organization plans.
Special Dispatch from Versailles Indiana lists nine games played in the sectional tournament with final scores including Holton 22 Batesville 19 Aurora 63 Guilford 9 Rising Sun 29 Sunman 24 Dillsboro 38 Milan 16 Bright 19 New Alsace 12 Lawrenceburg 75 New Marion 3 Versailles 17 Mooreshill 12 Holton 28 Napoleon 4 and Aurora 48 Rising Sun 8. Nine games slated for tomorrow.
Kenyon defeated Hiram 45 to 34 in Gambier Ohio on March 6. Van Epps led with 22 points as Kenyon took the lead early and held it. The score was 19 to 16 at halftime, and both teams improved in the final period.
Chicago March 6 Coach Stagg of the University of Chicago football team announced spring practice will begin April 1 and run for four weeks. He must develop a new line after losing Gowdy Pondelik Rolleston Barnes Barto and veteran Harry Thomas from the 1924 championship squad.
Finnish stars Paavo Nurmi and Willie Ritola have forwarded entries for the first annual Loyola relays at Loyola University in Chicago on April 19. The event marks Loyola's inaugural track meet drawing foreign and national competitors.
John Carroll University defeated the Michigan Aggies 30 to 14 in Cleveland finishing its home schedule. The game was fast and rough with strong defense from John Carroll.
Chicago light weight Jack Kane won a three round decision over Buffalo's Frankie Mack in Denver on March 6. Kane dominated the action, securing the victory in the local arena.
Newport Finance Commissioner Albert Simms warned that in order to fund a police and fire salary rise the city must trim across departments. He estimated a need of 8000 to 9000 dollars and noted the district spent over 32000 dollars on a water supply when Newport Water Works failed after the Covington purchase.
Ada Oder four years old from Sixth and Central wandered on her tricycle for over an hour before police and neighbors joined a Western city search. Newport nurse Olive Soden located her near the Fourth Street bridge over the Licking River and, with Officer John Herron, brought her back to her mother. She said she just wanted to go ridin.
The jury in Campbell Circuit Court found for neither side in the Zumstein Taxicab Company versus Mrs Clara Robson case. The plaintiff sought 1200 dollars for a December 9 1919 Newport collision. Robson claimed 1500. The jury dismissed both claims, leaving the case as it started. It is the second trial after an earlier verdict for the taxi company.
J Blaine McLaughlin former Campbell County Attorney will deliver the memorial address at Blue Grass Avenue Aerie of Eagles Memorial Service at Eagles Hall Bellevue. The program honors thirty six members who died since the organization began twenty years ago. Memorial Committee includes Colonel Joseph Cassidy chair man B F Griggs G H Tenhundfeld Dr Chester Dorsey Eugene Daly Albert Hoffman. Harry Eilers Worthy President will preside.
Clifton Kentucky judge Schwartz declared his bid for the First Magisterial District seat. In Newport Lulu Roberts fined ten dollars for disorderly conduct after petit larceny charges. William Justus injured in a car collision is reported in serious condition. Helena Busch awarded a divorce from Charles Busch after a 1910 marriage ended in 1918 with abandonment.
A list shows residents including John F Salisbury in Asheville North Carolina Slocum Owosso Michigan Claude Smaill Covington Anna Dunkin Lan oead Casper Georgia L C Campbell Holden Missouri Bernice Farmert Kulin Missouri Harold Rice Cincinnati Ohio Dorothy M Peacock Cincinnati Ohio.
Jesse Moore transfers a lot in Fort Lois e to W C Watts for 3000. Leo S Broering receives a deed with specified figures for 5500. George Ware transfers to Mark Liston a lot with stamps valued at 9000.
Arenes Wilkerson filed suit in Kenton Circuit Court seeking more than $300 from S B Lunsford or on a Hamilton County Court judgment from October 1922. He also seeks punishment against Geo Meierdicks and Fritchell, alleged debtors to the defendant.
Articles of incorporation for Covington Bus Terminal Company filed with the Secretary of State in Frankfort. Terminal planned at 717 and 719 Madison Avenue with eight lines and fifteen buses entering daily. Mayor O'Donovan Harry Roeding and Griffin Murphy named as incorporators. Plans include remodeling to lease two upper floors. stock oversubscribed and contracts soon to be awarded.
Covington legion groups met at the Industrial Club and reported 2700 collected toward an 8000 goal. A tag day is planned today to gather the remaining amount with contributions encouraged from all residents. The Women’s Auxiliary of the Norman-Barnes Post will help sell tags.
The directors plan the annual election of officers with a new board to be chosen on May 7. The Nominating Committee lists Robert L. Crigler as Chairman, with Shelly D. Rouse Ben Pugh William B. Hawkins William B. Gould Frank R. Evans and Walter Miller.
Betty Bronson and Ernest Torrence head the Peter Pan cast at the Lyric for the first four days of next week. Agnes Ayres is in Worldly Goods with her company on Thursday Friday and Saturday. Lelia La Marr and Rainbow Broadcasters appear Thursday night in the Dill program.
William A. Booth of 26 West Sixth street was appointed Deputy United States Marshal by Marshal Roy Williams to succeed Rodman Russell who resigned to join the prohibition department. Booth previously served as Deputy State Fire Marshal and under Sheriff John Allison and was once a member of the Covington detective force.
Heavy demand for home building sites in Ft Thomas Kentucky suggests a spring boom. Subdivisions on Highland Avenue Fairfield Place and Colonial Heights near Newport reservoirs are preparing to open with several dwellings to be built. Voters approved a $350,000 sewer bond. City Engineer Roland Pyne will submit plans within weeks.
Circuit Judge Caldwell of Campbell County calls a meeting for this afternoon of team captains appointed to assist in the American Legion Endowment Fund drive under the James Wallace Costigan Post. He has named C. R. Fennell, Dr. John L. Phythian, Fred McLane, Charles Sloan, Henry Higgin, Dr. W. W. Anderson, Hugh Dunwoodie, Dr. L. L. Ross and Henry Ebert Jr. as captains.
Albert Wiese and Harry Haas of the Fourth District detectives were injured in Webb alley while pursuing two alleged liquor runners. They found three cans of moonshine, then the driver fled, brushing Wiese against a stable door and knocking Haas off a lamp post, injuring Haas's shoulder severely.
Reports from the United Mineworkers of America said that at 11 o clock tonight miners across Nova Scotia coal fields left the pits withdrawing all horses and maintenance men. Officials of the mines were said to be manning the pumps.
Covington City Commissioners voted unanimously to contract with the Dixie Water Company to supply Ft. Mitchell and Dixie Highlands for ten years at 13 cents per 100 cubic feet. The deal includes a 12 inch main from Covington to the west line, a 4 million gallon daily capacity, and a 406 thousand gallon tower near Lookout House with a booster pump. Francis J. Hanlon said 4,000,000 gallons daily is years away. builders foresee a Dixie Highway boom.
Northern Kentucky J O U A M members met in Covington at the Odd Fellows Hall to draft a condolence resolution on the death of Frank Matthew state vice councilor from cancer in Louisville. A northern delegation plans to attend the funeral. Matthew had twenty years of tenure in the J O U A M.
Two youths held up Samuel J. Wiechelman a druggist at Eighteenth and Madison just after 11 last night. One drew a pistol at his head while the other restrained him and demanded the store key. When he refused a shot was fired toward him and the assailants fled.
Miss Rebecca Rhoades national superintendent of the Soldiers and Sailors' Association will address the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Tuesday at 2 30 PM at Union Church Fifth and Greenup streets A reception will follow Miss C A Aplin local superintendent will be in charge All Sixth District members urged to attend.
The will of James Joseph Rachford was probated in KCourt, leaving a house two lots and 7000 of personal property to wife Mrs J J Rachford who qualified as executrix. Building permits issued for a 5000 brick residence at 760 Highland and a 5000 brick dwelling at 419 Greenup. A five year old boy injured while playing. theft of groceries noted on Sixt Russell streets. Covington Industrial Club to host gridiron dinner at Masonic Temple on April 28 with Assistant District Attorney John E Shepard as toastmaster.
A fragmentary notice lists individuals including Kurt H. Will Louise Singer Thomas M. Morgan Margaret Fullilove Leonard Rogers and Ella Eversole associated with Piqua Sidney Ohio, suggesting a community roll or social event.
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