Dempsey Gibbons Fight Promoters Realigned in Shelby
Shelby Montana June 18 new management takes over promoters offices for the Dempsey Gibbons heavyweight title bout. Dan Tracy Great Falls hotel man to run operations with Frank Fogarty as assistant, aiming to push ticket sales for the final 100 900 installment due July 2. Mike Collins says only goal is to clear mis management charges and audit books to prove proper handling of ticket money.
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Memory First In Port At Bermuda
Memory wins the 662 mile Bermuda race from New London into Hamilton Bermuda as Sea Farer, a scratch boat, trails by a broad distance. Memory carried a handicap of 6 minutes 22 seconds and finished ahead of eight boats as the fleet neared Bermud a Sunday morning after hours behind schedule.
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Dodgers Vance Throws No-Hitter Against Reds
Dazzy Vance pitched a magnificent game in Cincinnati shutting out the Reds 9 to 0. The right hander allowed only one hit and barely allowed a baserunner, achieving the century bloom of baseball.
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Firpo Knocks Out Hibbard in Second Round
In Mexico City on Sunday Luis Angelo Firpo dominated Jim Hibbard, landing solid body and chin blows to end the fight in the second round after a brief first round and drawing 12,000 spectators. The bout, billed as a crowd-pleaser, showcased Firpo's clear superiority.
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A B Cs Lose To Chicago In Ninth Inning Slide
The Indianapolis A B Cs fell 6 to 5 to the American Giants as four runs in the ninth nearly tied the game. Cooper and Corbett pitched for the A B Cs and Wolfolk for Chicago.
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Kearns predicts Dempsey Gibbons July Fourth clash
Shelby Montana June 18 Jack Kearns asserts faith in champion and manager. He forecasts Dempsey will have trouble with Tommy Gibbons on July Fourth if Gibbons chooses to slug. If Gibbons uses a careful in and out tactic the bout may reach the limit.
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Flyweight Title Showdown at Polo Grounds
Pancho Villa the Philippine sawmill challenges Jimmy Wilde for the flyweight crown at the Polo Grounds in New York. Wilde, ten years older and about 110 pounds, vs Villa at 108 pounds, follows Villa’s recent American title loss to Frankie Genaro. Fans gamble heavily on Villa to pull off the upset as Wilde tunes with golf and Villa with sparring partners.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule From Newspapers Page
National and American league standings show Brooklyn and Chicago tied atop the pennant races with Boston and Philadelphia trailing. The schedule lists today’s games including Cleveland at Washington and New York visiting Boston with two games.
Michigan wins national meet in Chicago
The University of Michigan track team scored 302.10 points to win the NCAA track and field meet in Chicago. Leland Stanford finished second with 14 points, Iowa and Johns Hopkins tied for third with 14, and a host of schools followed with lower totals. A new world record and six NCAA records were set, including Walter Brookins of Iowa lowering the 220-yard hurdles record to 23.9 seconds.
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STATE WIDE Y RACE STARTS FROM HERE TUESDAY
Local Y M C A runners will depart about 11 50 a m Tuesday for Greensburg covering 48 6 miles as part of a state wide relay from Evansville to Chicago. Twenty eight Indianapolis qualifiers include Jacobs Carpenter Goley Reeves Kemp ler Kelly Kennedy Elmore M Patterson Brandon Riggs Metcalf Bunner Spalding Jones D Patterson Clift Krueger K Stanley P Stanley Keating Wilson Behr man Wiggins Franklin Page Hammons Bass the last five from the colored Y M C A.
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Yesterday's Results First Games and Scores Across Leagues
Baseball and basketball results from multiple matchups include St Paul vs Milwaukee Merritt and Allen combined seven runs to four Lindsey, Shinault with 13 points for St Paul. Milwaukee later listed as 9 3 in low scoring second game. Minneapolis beat Kansas City 8 to 16 with Phillips Ayres and Erickson contributing. Louisville defeated Toledo 14 to 3 in first game and 4 to 5 in the second. Chicago and Washington split a 5 to 3 game, while Philadelphia beat Cleveland 6 to 4 and New York posted a 9 to 7 victory over Brooklyn. Cincinnati shut out Philadelphia 4 to 0. Cincinnati and Chicago had 4 to 2 and 3 to 0 scores respectively with notable players listed. Final tallies show several games called or shortened.
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SIKI AGAIN SUSPENDED AFTER FOULING MORELLE
Paris notes Battling Siki, described as the irrepressible child of the African darkness, suspended by the French boxing federation for fouling opponent Morelle in a Saturday bout. He was saved from a mob by gendarmes at the exit after the match.
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Dempsey Slipping Worth of Old Time Vigor Questioned
In Shelby ahead of the July 4 title bout, Dempsey’s sparring shows uneven power and facial cuts, while rival trainer Stramgalgia aids Gibbons condition. Gibbons is described as faster and landing four punches to Dempsey’s one in remarks from a first workout, with pundits debating whether the champion still packs the old kayo punch. Major league results close the column.
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Semi-Pros Amateurs tally in fluid baseball action at Fairview
Multiple local baseball results feature Mapleton Reserves led by Tom Grady and Garrison beating Hoosier Federals 8 to 4. The Jackson Reds win their eighth straight with a 7 to 2 victory over Riley All Stars. Other scores include 10 to 2 Cataracts over Five Points and 14 to 8 Stars over Y. P. C. at Pennsy Park. Nearby clubs invite games and note contact numbers for scheduling.
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Batsman Right to First Base on Slow Pitches Explained
An umpire’s ruling last summer, granting first base to a batsman hit by a slow ball with bases loaded, was debated. The interpretation clarifies that a batter is entitled to first base if he makes every effort to avoid contact, regardless of pitch speed, and that the winning run may score under these conditions.
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Wiggins and Burke to Clash in Ten Round Bout
The Casino garden training quarters host Chuck Wiggins and Martin Burke for a hard workout as they prepare for a ten round heavyweight bout at Tomlinson Hall on Wednesday night. Fans seeking action will get their fill as the heavyweights spar and train in anticipation of the fight.
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Speed driver killed in rage on Detroit track race
Grand Rapids, Mich June 18 Bud MecCale 22 of Detroit motor racer died in an ambulance after a collision at Lincoln State fairground during the annual 100 mile race. He had held forty laps and was contesting first with Ralph Ormsby when a car cut to the pit. McCale could not swerve and collided, three drivers were pinned under wreckage. McCale the only one fatally injured with a broken neck. Ormsby won the race in one hour fifty-two minutes.
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Slinkard wins 100 target event at Indianapolis Gun Club
Slinkard shoots 98 of 100 to win the 100 target event at Indianapolis Gun Club on Saturday. Five shooters tie for second with 97 birds each: Wendling Klain Stutz Watson and Hampton. Wiggam takes handicap with 25 straight from 20 yards and doubles with 23 of 24 pairs.
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Giants Tour West Shrinks Lead Over Pirates
On June 6 the world champion Giants began a West tour with an eight game lead over the Pirates that has narrowed to two and a half after a Sunday loss to the Cardinals in St Louis. The champions, famed in a new book by John McGraw, have lost nine games while winning once on their swing from Chicago to Pittsburgh to Cincinnati and to St Louis.
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Indians Invade Hen Roost To Open Five Game Series
In Toledo on June 18 the Indianapolis Indians arrived to face Whitted's Hens in a five game set. The Tribesmen hope to lift their standing while the home club, reeling from two losses to the Colonels, seeks momentum. After these five games, Indianapolis heads home to meet the Columbus Senators at Washington Park on June 23.
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Indians Take Two Of Three At Columbus
In three games over the weekend the Indians won two, tying one in a rough series. Saturday's doubleheader was split with the Senators winning 6 to 6 and the Indians 6 to 6, Bill Burwell the winning pitcher. Sunday the Indians won 9 to 6 behind Jess Petty after Fitzsimmons faltered, four hurlers used by Columbus. Brown led the hits with a triple, double and single as the Tribe rebounded from a slump.
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Mapletons To Adopt New Constitution At Club Meeting
Mapleton Athletic Club plans to adopt a new constitution at its regular weekly meeting tonight at the clubhouse. The draft committee proposes radical changes including a higher minimum member age and a complete reorganization of club business management. All members and former members are urged to attend.
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Ormsby sweeps three dirt track races at Fort Wayne
Timea Special reports in Fort Wayne Indiana on Sunday Homer Ormsby dominated a trio of dirt track auto races at ten, twenty, and thirty mile lengths held in the city, earning top honors in all events.
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Catcher O'Neil Retires From Baseball
Boston Nationals catcher George O'Neil has retired from baseball citing a need at home following his father's death. He quit the team on Saturday and resides in St. Louis where he announced the decision.
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Fair Sex Take Courts in City Tennis Tourney
The city tennis tourney at Hawthorn Club sees Johnny Hennessey crowned mens singles champion. Women and girls singles begin at 2:30 pm. Semi finals in doubles feature Seidensticker and Hendricks vs Bastian and Burdick at 4:30 pm. Hennessey and McKay reach doubles final. Burdick-Bastian advance over Joy and Galpin. Starbuck and Kipp beat Sagalowsky and Haworth in a prior round.
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South Grove Winners in Mixed Foursome Tourney
Mrs. O. J. Strauss and C. H. Mullner won the mixed foursome tourney at the South Grove links Sunday with a net 69. Katherine Barnett and Ray Clark also posted 69 but lost in a putting contest. Hallie Kirtley and A. W. Wick tied Mrs. Robert Tyler and Dave Akers for third with a net 74.
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