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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1925
Page
2
Calgary CPR and Drumbheller meet in the Southern Alberta elimination game of the Bennett Shield football competition at Victoria Park at 6 pm. The winner advances to Medicine Hat for the Northern Alberta final contenders, after CPR beat the Brewery in the playoff rounds.
A New York man Gerald Fite-Wager bets 16000 Smythe will paddle from Naples to Petrograd in 150 days. George Smythe, Nova Scotian canoeist, sails from Naples to Genoa then Marseilles to begin the 7000 mile route across Europe. He previously sailed from Nova Scotia to New York and paddled across the Atlantic coast to Britain before continuing to Rome.
London reports the 1924 Olympic sprint champion H. M. Abra hams has been adopted as Liberal candidate for East Walthampton. The piece notes current Commons athletics representation by R Bourne Oxford stroke Viscount diveden Hon F Ss Jackson and W A Cazalet in racquets and lawn tennis.
In Kattowicz near Laghening one football player was killed and five others were seriously injured when a bolt of lightning struck during a match at Josefsdorf.
Readable fragments show teams and scores including Pittsburg and Brooklyn with gaps and inconsistent formatting. Cincinnati and Philadelphia show odd figures. St Louis and Boston display 2-2 and 6-5 records, while New York and Chicago appear with unclear percent value.
A collection of city pair results shows New York 5 Detroit 2 and Kansas City 12 Columbus 1 in the American Association. Pacific Coast League results include Portland 2 Salt Lake City 4 and San Francisco 6 Oakland 10, with other city matchups listed.
In the report Syracuse defeats Reading 5 4 and Toronto trounces Jersey City 23 1 while Providence beats Buffalo 4 3. Separately a note explains peach stones found in California burn as fuel and that dried stone coal yields more heat per weight. An archival remark mentions six Scottish cathedrals and one burgh claiming century-old existence with funds raised for a 700th anniversary in 1926 Archichgan.
Canada’s boy wonder athlete, holder of the international hexathlon title, is expected to figure prominently in the prizes at the Ontario championships in Oshawa next month. Chester is viewed as a second Walter Knox and excels in both track and field events.
New York Aug 18 Tex Rickard and Jack Kearns posted 25000 forfeit for a Dempsey Wills match after the New York athletic commission renewed Kearns license. Paddy Mullins expected to post same amount. if Dempsey fails to meet terms Mullins can claim Kearns forfeit. Dempsey later declined to fight where Kearns is connected.
Experiments show barnacles collect heavily on blue and black ship plates while white yellow red and green plates resist fouling. The findings indicate coating color influences barnacle adhesion on hull surfaces.
A fragment indicates a London factory chimney responsible for distributing forty five tons of dirt each year. No further details on date company or location are provided.
Diamond Dust reports righthanded pitcher Alex Ferguson and outfielder Bob Yeach of the New York Yankees were released via the whiver route to the Washington club of the American League. Pittsburg knocked Tiny Osbourne out of the box in the third. Mutanville tripled but the Cubs failed to hit Nehf. Babe Ruth hit his twelfth homer of the season. Ted Lyons won his eighteenth game for the White Sox.
Edmonton Journal reports Calgary White Sox, suspended previously, returned to host Edmonton All Stars raising questions about continuation of the provincial senior baseball series. Alberta Amateur Athletic Union committee will decide future play at a Medicine Hat meeting.
The article recalls John Leelie and a famed baseball arc about Richard Crube Marquard, once valued at $11 000, whose career with the Giants shaped pitching, shifting from sidearm to overhand under McGraw. It notes Marquard’s long career, pennant wins, and the era’s perception of value in players.
A fragment notes training expansion for about five hundred thousand Boy Scouts in the Americas and mentions forty-five collegés or groups involved in a new course or activity, indicating broader organized scouting efforts.
Fragmentary note references a red oxide associated with the United States arsenal in Washington D C in 1888. Details are incomplete.
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