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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
2
The famed slugger faces a fading career as age and injuries creep in. Observers note Ruth’s brittle legs and heavy frame before a potential finale, with contemporaries like Sam Crane recalling his limited durability.
Tomorrow at 2 00 and 30 the Typo Juniors meet the Drumhellers in the first two semi finals of the provincial championship baseball series. The Drumhellers seek revenge after last year’s final and must win both games to stay alive. If the Typos win, they advance to meet Macleod in the finals. Rotary and Minanis push the tilt as the season’s largest crowd is expected.
Members of the Medicine Hat Military Rifle Association held a Ham Shoot at the Firehall Armouries last evening. G T L Haham won first prize ham after a tie shot with Art Keynes who took second prize sugar. D G Bedford claimed third with a score of JS. A forthcoming schedule of schools begins Thursday evenings and the annual general meeting with officer elections is set for Tuesday at 7:80 p.m. at the Firehall Armouries Recreation Room.
In St Catharines Ontario on August 26 Beverly Browne a ten year old girl bought candy at Lakeside Park Port Dalhousie. She bit into the candy and found a quarter carat diamond that had fallen from a ring worn by Paddy the concessionaire.
Miss Mercedes Gleitzer a London typist attempted to swim the English Channel starting from the British shore but abandoned the effort seven miles out due to a cramp while the date noted as Aug 24 in Folkestone.
Helen Wills defeated Kathleen McKane to win the national singles title at Forest Hills in a dramatic victory lasting about an hour. She then teamed with Mary Browne to capture the doubles crown 6 4 6 3 over Elizabeth Ryan and May Sutton Bundy in an all California final.
The Medicine Hat Lawn Tennis Club announces its annual tournament starting Saturday, August 29. Entries close noon Friday, August 28, with fees to tournament secretary C. WeiBlock. Events include men's singles for the Bell Hardwire cup and men's doubles for the Medicine Hat News shield, plus prizes in other open events.
Frost shortens the season’s power surge with a drop from a weekly total near sixty to forty three. Cleveland and Chicago failed to homer. St Louis and Chicago hit one each in the National League. Giants lead N L with 93. Browns top American with one loss. Notables: Williams 35, Meusel 28, Gehrig 14, Ruth 14, Hornsby 33, Hartnett 24, Tompkins 29.
Mount Vesuvius resumes extraordinary activity near Naples Italy on Aug 25. The volcano erupts with great quantities of ash and lightning lighting the countryside at night. Officials at the volcanic observatory say a violent eruption may be imminent.
Scores from New York Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn and Chicago games. Key pitchers include Wrener Gooch Bean Wisner Kuntzinger Snyder OFarrell Yreiberg Pearce Betts ONeil Henline Reinhart Vick Wilson Mays Benton Wins Graham Gibson Jones Hartnett Gonzales Cherry Grimes Taylor Lush Desenger Hubbell Cantrell.
The report lists AL first round results from St Louis Boston Cleveland and Chicago Detroit with final tallies and battery pairings. Provisional box notes name pitchers Rufling Heving Vangilder Hargrave floyt Bengough Miller Sewell Sloglager Cochrane Ulaakenship Schalk Reuther Giers Ballou Severeid Wells Woodall.
Fragmented sports brief lists players and batteries for teams in a scattered schedule. Mentions Toronto and Baltimore with partial game notes and a note that only two games are scheduled.
Toledo Wisconsin Milwaukee Columbus Kansas City Louisville St Paul Tadiananotis Minneapnois and Rev David Bevington of First Baptist Church Cleveland have selected Brandon as president of the association in a formal ceremony.
L Solman of the Toronto Baseball Club plans a $300000 stadium for 6000 on the lake front by Bathurst Street. Babe Ruth hit his 15th homer of the season for New York. Vick Herman held the Baltimore International to four runs in Baltimore. The St Louis Cardinals won an exhibition 8 to 6. Chubby Scott of the Calgary White Sox heads to Fort William for hockey next season. Rudolph Solomon died in Albany from a ball strike in a field game. Red Stewart, Calgary umpire, aims for a Coast League berth in Seattle. Medicine Hat scrubs traveled to Sweet Grass, dropping two games and tying one. The Hatters are misattributed to the Lethbridge press.
Speculation runs in Lethbridge over E. N. Barker's successor as Police Magistrate. Barker ends his link with the attorney general’s department on September 1 and plans to retire to Buelwud after leaving government service. A well known local lawyer is often linked with the post.
New York August 25 Gus Wilson the French trainer who conditioned Georges Carpentier for his bouts with Jack Dempsey and Tunney and Gibbons have sailed for New York to take positions as trainers to Dempsey.
Chicago reported Mickey Walker world welterweight champion won a newspaper decision over Sailor Friedman of Chicago in a ten round bout at East Chicago Monday night. Friedman pressed hard in the final three rounds but Walker held the lead through most of the bout.
A meeting of the Swimming Club is set for nine o'clock this evening August 25 in City Hall. All interested are invited to attend and to practice at the pool on Tuesday from 7 to 7 30 p.m.
Fire on the south side of the Chicago River damaged two six storey grain elevators belonging to the Union Elevators of the Union Electric Company. The structures were empty at the time and damage was estimated at 200000 dollars.
Chicago sweep targets road houses and gambling devices. Officials report large liquor seizures as part of a city wide crackdown led by Sheriff and Mayor Dever.
Los Angeles officials report carnations used as bait in traps killed large numbers of rats infesting the hall of records and courthouse buildings. L. C. Robinson, chief janitor, confirmed the discovery after weeks of investigation.
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