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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1935
Page
7
The new club house at Hough Park boosts membership as locker and shower privileges draw players. The improved grounds, turf, and hazards offer varied shots while tennis courts were recently resurfaced. A free Saturday morning golf lessons class for children was announced by instructor Herb Schrade.
The Associates' Press reports last night's boxing results with outpoints and knockouts across multiple venues. Names include Eddie ool in Philadelphia and Paterson and Samson Slaughter in Terre Haute, with various weights and scores listed amid scattered city-by-city results.
A review of anniversary notes cites Jim Browning losing the world heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden. Five years earlier Maxie fecenbloom won the light heavyweight crown after a 15 round win over Jimmy Slattery in Buffalo. Ten years ago Donald Smith led the April Open at Prestwick halfway with 145.
National League action features Chicago at New York with French facing Castleman and Carleton meeting Tubbell. Pittsburgh travels to Boston as Macfayden faces Birkolee. Cincinnati visits Philadelphia with Yeilas opposing Johnson. American League cards include Washington at Detroit Coppler versus Rowe and New York at Cleveland Allen versus Harder.
Henry McLemore recalls a whimsical scene with two talking squirrels and a visiting sportswriter. The writer chooses Carnera to beat Louis, despite acknowledging consequences, while the squirrels mock his certainty and debate the odds. The piece ends with all three sharing acorns and retreating from the limb as the curtain falls.
San Diego hosts the far western AA A track championship with over 100 athletes, including Jesse Owens and decathlon contenders. Key figures include Eulace Peacock, George Anderson, Foy Draper, and Bob Clark defending the decathlon title amid a strong sprint lineup from California, Temple, USC, and Michigan.
The day’s batting leaders include Vaughn of the Pirates at .400 and Medwick of the Cardinals with .264. Martin leads runs with 52, while Medwick has 92 hits and 21 doubles. J Collins tops RBIs with 64, and Suhr leads triples with 8. Greenberg's 19 homers pace Tigers, and Tamulis tops the pitching list at 7 1 with average support from Lyons.
Jefferson City Junior High School student Neal Crassleck won the St Louis district boys tennis championship. He defeated George Finlay in the finals with a score of 6 1, 4 4.
Ivan Fuqua 400 meter champion from Indiana will pursue a fourth straight national title at Lincoln July 3 and 4. Donald Favor Maine harnesses the hammer throw crown. Kenneth Black Maine and Harold Osborn Illinois join a driven list as Osborn recovers the running high jump form with a 6 feet 1 15 16 inches effort last year and a 6 feet 7 inch mark this May at State College.
Baseball results reported show St. Louis defeating Brooklyn 12 to 7, Chicago 10 New York 9 in ten innings, and Philadelphia tied with Cincinnati. American League games include Boston 4 Chicago 6, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 2 in ten innings, New York 4 Cleveland 1, plus Washington and Detroit in extra innings. American Association scores list Columbus 12 Milwaukee, Indianapolis 12 St Paul 8 Louisville 3 Minneapolis 11 Toledo 8 7, Kansas City 2. Western Association results feature Joplin 8 Bartlesville 0, Hutchinson 8 Springfield 7, Muskogee 5 8, Ponca City 1 9.
New York June 225 AP Joe Louis the brown bomber faces Primo Carnera in a much anticipated heavyweight bout at Yankee Stadium with box office forecasts near 400000 from an 80000 capacity venue. Expect heavy police presence and no radio broadcast as promoters rely on live gate to deliver a record non-championship crowd.
Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves in Kansas City dismissed Larabee Mills Co. injunctive challenge to processing tax on wheat. He ruled the petition sought to restrain collection of a tax and thus violated federal law. The company argued AAA was not a tax statute and divested Congress of powers. Reeves said the act’s purpose was to fund government relief, not prohibition.
Rep Cochran of Missouri has shown steady improvement after a two month illness in a Washington hospital. He is allowed to sit up daily in a wheelchair and will likely rest away from Congress during the current session. Only his wife may visit. Helen Wills Moody opens Wimbledon campaign with a 6 0 6 1 first round win over Baumgarten of Hungary. A note on alligators: when fishing they flap tails, making noise heard half a mile away.
Kansas City news reports 28 year old civil engineer William H. Sanderson spent two years seeking work. He travelled to Rulo Nebraska last week to find employment and received a telegram offering a government job at Latuna Texas starting July 1. Attempts to locate him have failed.
Kansas City Blues fall back to fifth in the American Association after seven losses in eight games. Toledo Mud Hens swept both ends of a doubleheader 8-4 and 7-2 as Minneapolis and Louisville each won, widening the leaders' gap over Milwaukee and Indianapolis. Americo Polli started for the Brewers but yielded six runs in the seventh.
Berlin June 23 AP Dr Olis Peltzer renowned German distance runner was sentenced to up to 38 months imprisonment for morals offenses. He lost his teaching post and German athletic union membership and faces a lifelong ban from competition. He sobbed as verdict was announced after arrest two weeks earlier. Peltzer, once a respected social figure, is connected to a Deutsche Bank director and has ties to Stettin where a stadium bears his name after defeating Nurmi.
Boston officials say the Boston Braves will be sold this week. Potential buyers include Joe E Brown the film comedian or one of two syndicates led by Boston and New York men, according to the report.
Vito Tamulis, a rising Yankees pitcher, again shut down the Indians to run his record to seven wins against one loss. The Yankees extended their AL lead to four games as Tamulis limited Cleveland to eight hits and struck out Joe Vosmik three times. Earl Whitehill lost for Washington after 44 innings in relief, and other AL results featured Browns beating the Phillies 2-1, Bonura homering for Chicago, and a 10-9 Cubs win over the Giants in a 30-hit slugfest. Cincinnati also beat Philadelphia 6-4 as four Phillies pitchers allowed 17 hits.
Catholic motor missions toured the St Louis and St Joseph dioceses to spread Catholicism in small Missouri towns where it is hardly known. The effort, backed by the Vincentians and Knights of Columbus, follows guidance from Archbishop Glennon and Bishop de Bloud. Three priests Rev Lester Fallon Rev MeIntrye and Rev Joseph Phoenix began the venture in Cape Girardeau and St Louis.
Handbills circulated in Lutesville Marble Hill and nearby towns promote a Catholic church event. A folding pulpit was placed beside a small track and speakers with a loud speaker unit addressed attendees detailing church visions.
The state capitol housed a large but subdued crowd as the 58th General Assembly vacated. More than 200 aspiring attorneys sat the state bar exam in the House of Representatives chamber, while about 60 candidates for highway patrol positions were interviewed in the Senate hall.
Two brothers Mermann Kaermann of Columbia Missouri and Adalf Kaermann a German manufacturer sped to New York for their first real reunion in fifty years. Separated in 1865 they had kept contact and planned the meeting.
Adolf returned to Germany at age 22 while Hermann moved to Missouri. The lemon was introduced into the United States by Spanish adventurers.
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