Final arrangements for provincial track meet planned
Medicine Hat Amateur Athletic Association calls all committee chairs and members to City Hall Court Room at 8 PM to finalize details for the Provincial Track and Field Meet at the Exhibition grounds Wednesday at 1 PM. Attendance is essential to prevent confusion and ensure a successful event with over seventy entrants from Edmonton Calgary Banff Lethbridge and other Alberta towns. A follow up officials meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 PM to receive final instructions.
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Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Didsbury
Calgary
Carmangay
Macleod
Cardston
Banff
Lethbridge
Gertrude Ederle Aims To Swim English Channel Tomorrow
Cape Gris Nez France August 17 Gertrude Ederle rests before her big channel swim attempt set for 7 45 am tomorrow She will start from this French headland into the English Channel toward Dover aided by the tug Lamar Ink and a party of fellow swimmers including Tom Burgess Jahgz Wolfe and Miss Lilian Harrison Her trainer Miss Hderle will keep to road work and daily swims as favorable weather continues The roster aboard the tug suggests a strong field of competitors and supporters from the aquatic world.
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Cape Gris Nex
France
Gertrude Ederle
Channel
Dover
Boulogne
Gertrude Viderle
English Channel
Alole
Idderie
Lilian Harrison
Buenos Aires
Jane Lion
Tom Burgess
Jahgz Wolfe
Hderle
British women defend Wightman Cup in tense finale
British players clinched the Wightman Cup by defeating the United States four matches to three in a two day series at Forest Hills New York. Helen Wills defeated Kathleen McKane in a fierce duel after a long crowd sustained by sensational rallies and a close final set.
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Forest Miinns
Ssuccessful Ly
United States
Helen Wills
Kathleen MckKane
Miss Wills
Typos and Regals Battle in Tight Box Score
Typos edge Regals 6 to 3 in a pitched duel as Teel and Wyle spark three base hits. Sleightholm earns ten strikeouts for the Typos while Pennington fends off Regals with fourteen.
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T. VS. Lethbridge Regals
Gli
Teel
Wyle
Brehm
Blaney
Massey
Howard
Morrigan
Charles
Lethbridge
Ilpo AE
H. Brehm
Tela
Ridpath
Sangster
Wylie
W. Brehm
Viner
Sinclair
Hae
Morrison
Ie Barkley
Cf Reiner
van Howard
Park
Siena
Pennington
Edmonton Teams In No Danger Of Suspension
Edmonton senior league players risk no status loss as Calgary amateurs face suspension. Alberta branch officials discuss Calgary’s suspension tied to W M Walker, with Edmonton permitted to proceed under protest while the matter awaits the Alberta branch annual meeting on the 22nd.
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Edmonton Journal
John Leslie
Alberta
Calgary
Bellamy
Southern Registration Committee
Medicine ‘Hat
Edmonton
Messrs. Shaver
Broome
Battrum
W. M. . Walker
Amateur Athletic Union
Canada
Northern
Ama ‘Teurs
Wright Wins Club Wright Challenge Cup Match
Wright defeated J A Bell in a closely fought Municipal Golf Club Challenge Cup contest. Both players were 44 at the end of the opening round and all square through seventeen. Wright won the final hole with three to Bell's five for a narrow victory.
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Club Wright
J. A. Bell
Municipal
Golf Club
Ole Chif
Bell
Worcester 1880 National League team with perfect game
Photo shows the Worcester club of the National League in 1880, the first organized baseball team to pitch a perfect game. Pitcher J Lee Richmond stands on the left, noted for keeping all Cleveland batters from reaching first base.
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Worcester, Mass
J. Lee Richmond
Cleveland
Callies 2 Lethbridge 0 in Bennett Shield as Gisler nets twice
The Local Callies defeated Lethbridge 2 0 in a Bennett Shield match with Gisler scoring both goals, one in each half. Lethbridge faced early 10 men and Calgary Drumheller looms next in the semi finals and J Clark and Brown were active in saves and defense.
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Gisler
Lethbridge Callies
Callies
Brown
Lethbridge i
Gishler
McMann
Thompson
King
Calgary
Drumhelley
Speaker Holds Batting Lead in Cleveland Lineup
Chicago date August 17 Tris J Speaker veteran leader of the Cleveland Indians in his sixteenth consecutive year in baseball hitting 391 and leading the battery of the American League in overall batting and on base.
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Marty T Heilmann
Detroit
Ty Cole
Rice
St. Loui
Simmons
Philadelphia
Sisley
St. Louis
Lamar
EE. Tice
Washington
Wingo
Tate
Manush
J. Schwell
Cleveland
Collins
Chicago
Rogers Hornsby
Jimmy Bottomley
Cardinals
Milton Stock
Dodgers
Max Carey
Hazen
Cuyler
Pirates
Ava
Max
Tealing
Fournier
Brooklyn
Blades
Ste .Louis
Harper
Burris
Boston
J. Wilson
Wrightstone
Steasler
Cincinnati
Terry
New York
Barnhart
Pittsburgh
Felix
Cleveland Indians
Tris J. Speaker
Cleveland Ingians
Amert
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Hopkins
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Charlie King
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Trier
Smith
R. Clark
Hall
Robinson
Pink
Davidson
Bill Brown
Dater
Wilson
Lethbridea
Smart
Reid
Wuson
Goldie
Reynolds
Hope King
Gighler
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Reid and
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Linf
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R. Smith
Calgary C.P.R
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Victoria Park
Andy Horns
Suet
C.pr
Drumheller
Neadtha
C.P I
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Kilpatrick
Carrington
Mitchell
Paynter
Dodds
Munro
Malin
Stewart
Soutar
Hormie
Walken
Hornby
Worl
Ontario
M. Constance Hennessy
Athol Wesley
Margaret Murray
Toronto Ladies' Athletic Club
University of Toronto
Jim
Speaker
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