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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
5
Ruth notes a surge of inexperienced stars across leagues in 1929 and highlights talents like Earnshaw, Grove, Ott, Klein, Bartell, Frederick, and Dickey. He credits veterans for guidance and contrasts modern ease of access to jobs with past hostile entry.
Babe Ruth becomes fungo king with a 447 foot drive using a fungo bat before a game with the White Sox, beating Big Ed Walsh’s 412 foot record set in 1912.
United Press reports Indiana universities colleges and high schools await the grid season in weeks. Coaches expect departures from graduation to thin rosters while many teams hold summer conditioning and camps. Indiana Purdue and Notre Dame feel the losses though reserves and freshmen are anticipated to fill gaps.
Francis T. Hunter, a member of the United States Davis cup team, is identified as a newspaper publisher on the page. The segment shows multiple baseball scores and league standings with teams such as Chicago New York St. Louis and Boston listed, plus game details and player citations.
National League action features New York at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at Pittsburgh. In American Association play Toledo at St Paul and Columbus at Minneapolis with close scores. Harlem Park and Harriss secure wins. Multiple games list line scores, pitchers, and late-inning rallies as part of a busy schedule.
Lightweight champion Sammy Mandell remains two pounds over the 135 limit and trains hard for Friday’s ten round title fight with Tony Canzoneri. Mandell’s camp hopes to shed weight without drastic measures as Canzoneri trains a body punching strategy to counter Mandell’s left jab.
Joe Sekyra Dayton light heavyweight meets George La Rocca New York heavyweight in a ten round main event at Dexter Park. The bout, postponed from Monday, has Sekyra as the 8 to 5 favorite.
A fragmented OCR line lists major era leaders including Homer Klein Wilson Ott Gehrig Ruth Simmons Foxx Hafey Bottomley Hornsby Hurst and others from the Cubs Giants Yankees Athletics Cardinals and Phillies. The text shows a roster style pairing of players with teams.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway golf course is ready for customers with a grand opening set for Saturday led by general manager T. E. Meyers. Delays to the clubhouse pushed back plans from Friday, but the course is in tip top shape and features a challenging 162 yard shot from the fourteenth tee as shown in photo captions.
The article notes one of Young Stribling's strong rivals was injured in a car crash possibly while accompanying Strib to a fight scene. It also reports Stribling promoting a chain store concept in boxing and mentions a heavyweight who sometimes withdraws, leading to him being temporarily sidelined.
Manuel Quintero of Tampa won all ten rounds against Joe Glick in a ten round main event at Ebbets Field Brooklyn before 8000 fans. Quintero weighed 143 1/2 pounds while Glick was 137. Benny Bass beat Benny Carter in the semi final. Archie Bell beat Johnny Erickson and Tony Leto defeated George Goldberg in ten round bouts.
Joe Stecher former heavyweight champ defeated Howard Cantowine in two falls using a scissors hold at the Hippodrome on Wednesday night. Ed Strangler Lewis threw Sailor Kirilenko by a headlock in the same program.
D R Swisher of Richmond continued to lead the national rogue tournament at Winona lake by winning his fourth straight game. Swisher has defeated A B Argenbright W H Hoagland George Atkinson and W W Wilson in succession as about thirty two contenders compete. Sydney Franklin of Brooklyn is noted for success in Spanish bull rings in Seville Spain.
A testimonial from Indianapolis notes Konjola relieved three years of stomach misery. Robert West describes sour fermentation gas belching and uncomfortable meals, then six bottles in six weeks restored digestion and appetite. Konjola Man operates at Hook Dependable Drug Store, Illinois and Washington streets.
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