Pointers Visit Capitals After Rainout at Welch Park
In Sports Arena notes the Boor pointers head to Raleigh today in gasoline buggies as guests of Duke Duncan and the Capitals for a few days. The Twins stayed in town yesterday hoping to face the Herndonites in a Welch Park doubleheader, but wet grounds halted play. The Pointers plan another chance next month. HoE Local remains third while Herndon and its crew sit in the cellar. Danville and Sleigh were rained out yesterday, aiding the standings shift.
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Frank Breaks Record in Four Straight Home Runs
The report states Damon breaks big league home run record with four consecutive games of homers Friday through Tuesday. It notes he has more homers in consecutive days than Cy Williams and surpasses prior National League two-homer single-day records. AcknowledgesKanre’s four straight blasts in a row.
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Cy Wil-iams
Kanre
Prank Zane A Key Factor In High Point Wins
Prank Zane proves a crucial hitter for High Point, aiding multiple victories this season. Analysts note his growing impact as he targets stronger competition and seeks a career milestone surpassing 700 at higher levels.
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Weil
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Dempsey Seeks Sparring Partners Before Firpo Bout
Dempsey, per A P dispatch, is having trouble securing sparring partners ahead of his title defense against Luis Firpo. Some speculate the supposed lack of training is a pretext by Dempsey to manage public expectations and media narratives.
Dempsey Sees Easy Sparring at Twenty Dollar Day
Dempsey expects to easily obtain sparring partners as he offers 20 a day for fighters. Many prospects would like to box a few rounds for that amount, drawn by the pay and chance to train with the champion.
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Weather and chatter mix as sports season heats up
Distributed notes show yesterday's ideal football training weather and skepticism about baseball in these parts. Rumors swirl on a traveling camp named Vivpo seeking Dempsey's title while Kirpo is silent on Maglish. College football games for High Pott go unmentioned amid calls to KO atter those svidivon clasisies.
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Pledges Coolidge Support by New England Assistant
Assistant Postmaster General John A. Bartlett announced his candidacy for delegate to the Republican convention and pledged to support Calvin Coolidge for the presidency. Bartlett spoke in Concord New England today, outlining his commitment to the Coolidge ticket and GOP aims.
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High Point Amends Sunday Soda Sale Ordinance
The city council of High Point approves amending the ordinance forbidding Sunday sales of certain goods to prohibit selling newspapers or magazines on streets during restricted hours. Each sale becomes a separate offense with a $265 penalty. The measure takes effect after its first publication dated August 22, 1923.
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Pickett
Babe Ruth Seeks Forty-Five Home Runs This Year
Preseason remark from Billy Evans notes Babe Ruth aims for 45 homers, claiming this could be the most remarkable season of his career. The piece compares Ruth’s resurgence to Cy Williams and discusses fielding and pitching adjustments in the coming season.
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Money Tongues Are Spoken in The Firpo Camp
The Firpo Camp training chatp features a multilingual crew. Virpo challenger Mirpo and Netale Aurel Pera converse in Spanish and Italian while director-general Italiano Bonatlo Lbavalle uses Spanish or French. Others speak German Gaelic and Moglish as Albertine the Uruguayan chief displays a limited repertoire.
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Doe McCaan
Albertine
Wile Alberting
Albertino
Battling Siki Heads to New York from Paris
Paris August 24 Battling Siki sailed from Mavis last night for New York aboard the Berenaria according to Keho Des Sport. The party includes manager M De Fremont and two magicians. A possible court challenge to Benny Leonard welled as a future bout with Tarny Wills or other opponents is hinted.
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Tennis Manges Promising Golga Tennis Manges Promising
In Broowleni Alass two top tennis teams meet in the United States doubles championship semi final this afternoon. Likely pairings include Likien and Norton against Alpnso and Johnson as the Australian Davis Cup context shifts. Earlier results boosted Williams and Warison in the next round while Hawkes and Anderson also advanced. mixed doubles previews feature Modlin and Tilden versus Covell and Johnson with Hawkes pairing for a challenge.
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Dempsey trains with sparring partners for Firpo bout
Saratoga Springs N Y August 28 Recruiting a staff of sparring partners is Jack Dempsey’s chief aim as he trains for the September 14 title match with Luis Angel Firpo. He plans to bring Jimmy Delaney to join George Burke and Godfrey as sparring partners while Dempsey handles workouts and strategizes. The resort plans to boost admission to $1 from 55 cents to cover his training costs.
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Dempsey
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St. Paul
Jack Burke
George Codfrey
Delaney
Mike Gibbons
Tom Gibbon
Godfrey
Burke
Results Yesterday in Major Matches and Scores
Yesterday’s results show Piedent Durham 2 1 Greensborn 3 6. High Point Wingston Satem and Dinville Raleigh with rain. Boston 2 Pittsburgh 38. Philadelphia 4 Chicago 5. Brooklyn and Cincinnati 10 New York 8 1. St Louis 7 7. American Chicago 10 Philadelphia 0. Cleveland 2 Washington 1. Detroit 2 New York 1. Boston 1 St Louis 4.
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Southey Nashville and other football scores
Nashville and Birmingham posted unbalanced results with Memphis and Atlanta winning on different dates. Chattanooga faced Little Rock in a delayed second game under darkness while New Orleans and Mobile played a tied or split matchup in unclear conditions.
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Atlanta
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Mobile
Unclear regional scores across Appalachian regions and cities
Fragmentary report lists cities like Johnson City Morristown Kingsport Bristol Knoxville Greenville Milwaukee Columbus Kansas City Toledo St Paul Louisville Minneapolis and mentions rain and dark conditions with scattered numbers and team names, but lacks coherent structure or clear outcomes.
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Leviathan Arrives at Cherbourg and Due in Southampton
London Aug 24 The Leviathan reached Cherbourg at 3 this morning and will sail to Southampton by 1 this afternoon The White Star line reportedly has the Olympic scheduled to arrive at Le Havre port around 6 80 this evening amid other early shipping notices
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Poe Geydadiin Clears Sandy Tonkher After Passing Point
Poe Geydadiin cleared Sandy Tonkher at 12 25 0 o clock Saturday afternoon, 161 BA minutes after the Qtygaple passed the same point, marking a notable pacing sequence in the event.
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Governor Moore and Pierce Invited to Gem State Horseshoe Tournament
The west goes crazy over horseshoes as former Idaho governor Chas C Moore practices for a tournament to be held in Nempa Idaho September 18 and 159 to decide the Gem State Oregon championship. Governor Pierce of Beaver State has been invited to meet Moore. Rah rah for the guys.
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Explosion injures five at Havana restaurant in street blast
Five people were injured in a bomb explosion at a small restaurant on Belasenain Street near the Arts and Trade school in Havana. Police arrest a man known as "the Tratian" in connection with the blast.
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Second Round Match Play Begins at Asheville Today
ASHEVILLE Aug 24 Second round match play and semi finals in the annual Asheville Country club invitation golf tournament will be completed today. Matches will be held morning and afternoon, narrowing the field to two contestants in each flight with Watts Guan and J Epps Brown eliminated yesterday. Charles Mackall meets Tom White while Douglas Kirkpatrick faces Forris Jones and Henry Westall meets R H Gwaltney, with semi final bouts to follow.
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Yesterday in Major League Baseball results recap
The Giants split with the Cardinals at Polo Grounds, taking game one 7 to 0 and losing game two 7 to 4. The Reds swept Brooklyn as Boston’s Pirates and others posted varied scores. Yankees fell to Detroit 2 to 1 as Shawkey recovered from an injury. Reds beat Robins 10 to 8 in Brooklyn with eight fifth inning runs. Browns downed Red Sox 4 to 1 in St. Louis, and Pab er’s 10–0 shutout of the Athletics in Chicago highlighted the day. Indians beat Senators 2 to 1 in ten innings in Cleveland. Pirates defeated Braves in Boston 8 to 3. Cubs beat Pirates 5 to 4 in Pittsburgh, with Wrightstone and Williams contributing on offense.
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GAMES TODAY IN MID ATLANTIC REGION AND NATIONWIDE PAIRINGS
Virginia Richmond beat Wilson 3 1 as games elsewhere were rained out. Piedmont Durham faced Greensboro while Davaille played Winston-Salem High Point met Raleigh. American Bosion hosted St. Louis with other major matchups including Philadelphia Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland and Brooklyn Boston with St. Louis visiting New York and Chicago visiting Philadelphia. The Gideons report notes many Bibles stolen by people ignorant of their purpose.
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