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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1926
Page
10
The crowd, estimated at around 60,000 in New York, paid to see Stribling and Berlenbach. Stribling, following his usual tactic, fought cautiously for fifteen rounds, drawing boos and excitement from fans who felt duped by the bout and the era’s boxing press.
Paul Berlenbach defeated Young Stribling by a wide margin in fifteen rounds at Yankee Stadium to retain the world light heavy title. The bout lacked drama as Stribling failed to land telling blows while Berlenbach pressed with a hard left to the heart and clinching. Pa Stribling, manager and father, offered no excuses after the loss.
United Press reports Jesse Sweetser, newly crowned British amateur golf champion, to receive special courtesies on arrival aboard the Aquitania. A Siwanoy Club committee will meet him at Quarantine. Milwaukee selects Melvin Shimake of Kenosha to captain Marquette University’s 1927 track squad. he specializes in distance running.
New York’s Jess Sweetser becomes the first native American to win the British amateur championship at Muirfield Scotland by one stroke defeating England’s Robert Scott 78 to 77. Photo shows Sweetser watching Scott putt.
The Indiana Indians opened a long road trip with a 9 6 defeat to the Minneapolis Millers. Dutch Henry faltered in the third, Wisner allowed four runs, and Thompson pinch hit in the eighth as the Millers rally spoiled Indiana's lead. Sicking and Wyatt led the opponents with two hits each while Fisher hit a homer for the Eels. About 1 200 fans witnessed the win and fresh faces joined the clubs as management shuffled duties amid illnesses.
Local Capital City League games list Saturday fixtures across Indianapolis venues. Teams include Light ang Heat against Fair banke Moore, Fr against Stutz, Marmon against Park, Fraternal goatee versus Sophia Hi, Mik against De Molay, and Civic a Carr Tire Co against Eastern ve. Other matches feature American Serial Lite versus Press Assistants, Tabernacle vs First Bathes, Chrisan against Broadway M E, Tuxedo Baptist versus Presbyterian, and Robenie vs John Madden.
Milwaukee walloped the Senators to stretch their consecutive win run to seventeen as Henry dropped a tough start against the Millers. Griffin homered twice for Milwaukee while Kolp shut down St Paul and the Colonels held to three hits.
New York June 11 Bill McKechnie manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates was suspended indefinitely by National League President John A Heydler for conduct with umpire Klein in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Detroit June 11 The scheduled boxing bout between Jack Delaney Bridgeport Conn and Bob Sage Detroit has been postponed and is now expected to be held on June 16.
A national collegiate AA meet opens in Chicago with top entrants from coast to coast. Notables include Bud Houser, John Kuck, Roland Locke, Dan Lyon, Clifford Hoffman, R. G. Dauber, Hester, Northrop, Taylor, and Barnes. Preliminaries faced rain threats while Hermon Phillips of Butler contests the 440 and 880.
Paris June 11 Mary Browne versus Suzanne Lenglen for the French championship was postponed to Saturday after center court puddling from rain. The doubles were delayed earlier. Helen Wills withdrew due to illness, leaving Browne as the sole American in the singles. Vincent Richards exited as Henri Cochet dominated play.
The Indianapolis Light and Heat Company baseball team of the Capital City League meets Fairbanks Morse at Ft Harrison Saturday at 3 p m. The Army Band will provide music for the diamond clash. The Light and Heat pastimers lead the league by two games.
Hard rains postponed today’s women’s singles matches at Hawthorn. Finals in all divisions set for Sunday. Men’s singles field narrowed to four with Hennessey, Ehlers, Starbuck and Sagalowsky alive for the title.
Johnny Mack was outpointed by Eddie Staten of Louisville in a Thursday night fight at Ft. Thomas. Staten earned a decision in the Louisville scrapper’s favor.
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