Track and Field Stars Enter Provincial Meet Wednesday
Alberta champions from Calgary Lethbridge Cardston and Edmonton file entries for the Provincial Track and Field Championships to be held next Wednesday. Notables include Bright Macleod discus champion Pemberton Calgary one mile champion McIlvenna high jump record holder Stevens Calgary walker record holders and others from Didsbury Calgary and area with a full program of championships and non championship events plus tug of war and boxing exhibitions. The civic half holiday and low admission set the scene for the one o clock start at the Exhibition grounds.
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Bright
Macleod
Pemberton
Calgary
Lethbidge
H. McIlvenna
Alberta
Stan. Stevens
J. Ronnie
James Sellar
Ross Ford
Russell Berscht
Didsbury
Reg. Houghton
J. Clancy
Baw Island
Cardston
Edmonton
Police
Kiwanis
Rotary
Shean Trubhais
Margaret - Fisher
Jean Kinnaird
Medicine Hat
Mary Gillis
Irvine
Wade
Ayling Brothers
Cumberland
Billy Lauder
Bob Lauder
Hosie
Callies Set for Provincial Playoff Showdown Saturday
The Callies earned elimination series to represent this district in the Bennett shield provincial playoffs. They will host the Lethbridge Callies at Athletic Park Saturday the 15th with kick-off at 6 30 pm. Expect a top class South versus South clash with Charlee King and Percy Harvey likely in the visitors’ lineup.
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Lethbridge Callies
Hot Callies
Athletic Park
Callie
Atherta
Callies
Lethbridge
Lethbridge Miners
Calgary Drumheller
Charlee King
Warhorse
Percy Harvey
Eharp
Cliffers Meet Washers At Home In McClellan Cup
The Vets club could not field a team for the opening McClellan cup game last night and the match was postponed. Washers host Red Cliff tomorrow night with a added squad after strong recent showings. The winner advances to face Callie Weis in a straight knockout for the cup. Kick-off is 6 30 p m as nights grow longer.
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Vets
Redcliff
Glass Town
Walker Faces Suspension Over Title Fight Bond
New York August 12 Mickey Walker world welterweight champion faces indefinite suspension by the state athletic commission unless he or his manager signs contracts and posts a bond for a title match with Dave Shade of California. Commission made ruling at its Tuesday meeting.
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New York
Mickey Walker
State Athletic Commission
Walker
Dave Shade
California
Reds Rise as Contenders in National League Pennant Chase
The Cincinnati Reds have surged into the pennant race as the Giants and Pirates overlook a third rival. Strong pitching from Luque Donohue Rixey Benton and May fuels a team playing solid baseball and winning games. A world series appearance seems possible for Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati Reds
Giants
Pirates
Reds
Luque
Donohue
Rixey
Benton
May
Cincinnati
Classified ads prove quickest salesmen in The Nowy
Short marketing note extols classified ads as the fastest sellers in The Nowy era. It emphasizes advertising impact and efficiency for quick transactions and broad reach.
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Nowy
Diamond Dust: Junior Teams Face Drumheller Triple Bill
Calgary and Drumheller junior squads meet in two games at Drumheller with a possible third tomorrow. Winners advance to face the Regals Types series victors. The Pirates toppled Dean in the eighth inning. Boston beat the Tygers yesterday for the first time this season.
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Calgary
Drumheller
Nurmi Calls Amateurism Split Between Ideal and Practical
Paavo Nurmi, the famed Finnish middle distance runner, argues there are two amateur codes. He says ideal amateurism seeks health and happiness, while practical amateurism uses inducements to build national prestige. Nurmi notes athletes need freedom from coercive pressure to reach top form.
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Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Idrottsbladet
Athletic ’ Organ
Sweden
Nurmi
America
Record bid tops fifty thousand for yearling filly
In Saratoga Springs on August 12 James Cox Brady paid a record 50 500 for a thoroughbred yearling, a daughter of Man o War bred in Virginia by Rear Admiral Cary T Grayson former physician to Woodrow Wilson.
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Saratoga’ Springs
N. Y
James Cox Brady
Virginia
Cary T. Grayson
Woodrow “Wilson
Three Naval Planes Open Arctic Flight Over Ellesmere
Washington reports that on August 12 the MacMillan Arctic expedition completed a 300 mile flight over ice covered Ellesmere Island by three naval planes.
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Washington
Ellesmere Island
National League and American League Scoreboard Summary
Baseball scores from multiple games across the National and American Leagues. Pittsburg and Chicago posted decisive wins with strong pitching and timely hitting. Cincinnati and New York also produced graded outcomes as teams chase standings.
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Pittsburg
R. HB
New York
Dean, Wisner
Snyder
Kremer Morrison
Gooch
Chicago
Rase
Bostons
Benton
Eri Gibson
Bush
Baseball Scores From Pacific Coast and Minor Leagues
In Pacific Coast action Sacramenta lost 3 to 4 at Los Angeles while Vernon fell 5 to 9 to Seattle and Salt Lake beat San Francisco 5 to 2 as Oakland 6 and Portland 8 results were listed. In the International League Syracuse won 1 to 3 at Jersey City Buffalo 1 Reading 4 Providence 2 Rochester 16. American Association Minneapolis 5 Columbus 7 St Paul 7 Toledo Milwaukee 5 Indianapolis 3 Kansas City 3 Louisville 4.
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Los Angeles
Vernon
Seattle
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Oakland
Portland
International League
Syracuse
Jersey City
Buffalo
Reading
Providence
Rochester
American Association
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Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Eugene Bd
Detroit
St. Louis
Anee
Cleveland
New
York Ereeen
Boston Enteveene
W. Qu Pet
Baltimore
Toronto Erry
Evnae
Buffalo Ancest
Ae Ace
Pawnees and Sioux Smoke Peace Pipe at Massacre Site Meeting
After 52 years the Pawnees and Sioux, survivors of the 1873 Pawnee-Sioux massacre, met at Massacre canyon near Trenton Nebraska to bury the hatchet. They smoked the pipe of peace and held a three day powwow to show renewed trust.
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Trenton
Neb
Middle West
Ca. Yon
Ina
Hays
Verdieres Forest Fire Rages Near Montpelier
A wildfire engulfed the Verdieres forest on the Cervenes Mountains near Montpelier in the Health department. Flames lit the region last night, turning the hillside into a massive torch.
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Mont Pelier
France
Verdieres
How Dazzy Vance Got His Nickname
Baseball star Dazzy Vance explains his famous nickname came from a Nebraska saddle scene. He recalls a rugged ex cowboy near Hastings who would say Ain’t that a dazzy and showed him a dazzy saddle. The term stuck as friends adopted the moniker.
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Dazzy” Vance
Brooklyn
Nations League
Hastings
Neb
Varee
Grain-Inspection Reports For Winnipeg Wheat Cars
Winnipeg grain inspection notes show yesterday's wheat 37 cars and coarse stains 21 cars, compared with last year 21 and 19 respectively. Contract wheat priced at .26 per unit.
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Winnipeg
Stecher Defends World Title in Heavyweight Bout
Los Angeles reports Joe Stecher, the world heavyweight wrestling champion, defended his title against Renato Gardini of Italy. Stecher won the first fall in 27 minutes with a body scissors, Gardini won the second in 11 12 minutes with two headlocks, and Stecher clinched the match with a six minute final fall. Olympi auditorium drew about 7000 fans. Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Andres Castanes in one fall lasting 40 minutes using a flying headlock to pin Castanes.
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Los Angeles
Joe Stecher
Hig
Renato "Gardini
Stecher
Gardini
Olympi
Stanislaus. Zbyszko
Andres Castanes
Governor General Baron Byng Expected in Edmonton Saturday
Edmonton readers report Baron Byng Governor General of Canada likely to arrive Saturday morning from the north. Despite river delays and a windstorm on Great Slave Lake the party will be about half a day behind the original schedule.
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Edmonton
Baron “Byng
Canada
Great Slave Lake
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