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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
6
Barbers edge Hathaways in a tight league final at Teland Grove Park to claim the title after a late ninth inning rally. Key players include Tregoning, Crostar, Hathaways starter Hathaway, and DeMolay’s timely hitting fueling the dramatic comeback and securing a 4 3 decision.
In New York Thursday night the Pride of Argentina defeated Justo Buarex in the ninth round of a 10 round bout. The winner is set to face Tony Cangoneri for the lightweight title. Also notes on Bobby Jones in exhibition playoffs and college semifinalists in intercollegiate golf.
Baseball scores include American League lines with Beeston Cleveland Washington New York and Philadelphia. National League shows Pittsburgh Philadelphia Louis Brooklyn and Cincinnati in scattered scores. The text also mentions market activity and cattle feeding trends with references to frequent towers and cattle fore in an unfamiliar fragment.
Max Schmeling, eight days from challenging Young Stribling for the heavyweight title, reports perfect weight and top form. Manager Joe Jacobs notes Schmeling's conditioning is sharp, plans three workouts this weekend, and predicts winning every round.
Northern Colorado tennis meet draws entries from out of state players Tenn and L A Brown Detroit Mich and Taschers College summer students plan to team for doubles and enter singles Others hailed from Oklahoma City and local towns with top players Davis and Hutt expected to attend Greeley Chamber of Commerce sponsors commemorative tennis event shares. Edna Dunlap 13 is rescued from a sand pit tragedy in Denver as fire crews revive her. she survives with no permanent injuries.
Four founding teams vie for the city title with July 6 kickoff. League A entries are Glen Bros. & Dluth and Garland's Chevrolets. League B entries are Hatha ways Barbers and DeMolay. Champions meet in a three series format to decide the city champion. runners up play for second place with August district meet eligibility.
Greeley youth softball players will travel to Longmont on Tuesday and to Boulder a week later for under floodlights. George J. Jr. organizes the city team to face foreign diamonds as two or three car caravans depart about 6 pm. Players pay their own expenses, with field adjustments due to limited lights at Longmont, and a 45 foot base distance to suit the venue. Regular state matches and nearby town exhibitions follow with crowds over 1,000. A $200 deficit remains to cover light installation and operations as Boulder invites neighboring towns to join night games next week.
F. B. Williamson, president of Chicago Burlington and Quincy, reported June freight for Burlington and Colorado and Southern railways declined. He cited second week revenues down 10 percent from last year on Burlington and 25 percent on Colorado and Southern, with the Colorado and Southern line 25 percent below the five year average and 38 percent below another benchmark. He expressed cautious optimism for improved general movement.
In Seattle on June 1 a formal merger united Congregationalists and the Christian Church in a new constitution. The combined body totals 6670 churches, 1,080,000 communicants, and about 9,000,000 adherents. Foreign missions merge under the American Board. 850 missionaries and 000 nationals are serving abroad. Leaders see this as a trend toward broader unions and hope others join to form a large United Church of Christ in America.
Denver June 3 The opinion that school boards cannot issue bonds for debt funding without a popular vote was given by Ireland who advised that a vote is necessary in both instances including a new building. Also reporting a church obituary for Mrs. Lall, survived by husband and three children.
Market notes show wheat sentiment split with traders unsure of immediate price direction. Chicago and other markets see hedging expand while Western and Chicago handlers seek hedges. some expect a three to five cent advance, others foresee later price declines. Corn faces weather-driven volatility with July futures harder to buy and cash grain pressure looming from end of next week. Minneapolis June and July deliveries weaken as farm board selling of spring wheat continues.
A congressional delegation explored the Poudre Cutoff and the Rocky Mountain National Park highway link during a June inspection. Horace Albright, director of the National Park Service, joined the party as it toured the Grand Lake area amid the region’s first rain in two weeks.
Unclear notes describe a return to Ates Park and a proposed connecting highway to join the Grand area with the Rocky Mountain National Park system. The survey emphasizes highway importance for linking Wyoming and Poudre River region to Fort Colina, with only 13 miles of construction needed. Officials and frontier supporters urge congressional committee support for the park recommendation.
Julius Riede a 44 year old Bruna wick hotel proprietor at 1969 Seventeenth street died at Longmont hospital from injuries after an automobile crash on June 14 near the Longmont main highway. Four Ried family members remain in the Longmont hospital. Funeral services will be held from Loyos church with Mount Olivat cemetery services under the Hlkw lodge.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses chocolate branded as Brale Food Chocntiie with claims of high mineral content and supposed health benefits for brain, heart, gout, and other conditions. No clear persons, organizations, or events are identified.
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