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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
6
A lively season opener with a good crowd and a fair contest. Scotland led in the first half while England edged ahead in the second, yielding a competitive start to the campaign.
New York May 7 The Athletics gambled $10,000 on pitcher Groves after Connie Mack bought him in Baltimore. Groves has started three games and lost them all, raising doubts whether he can deliver a pennant after years of disappointment. Meanwhile a British football test saw Scotland beat England 4 to 3 in a lively international match.
Members of the Executive Committee of the Amateur Athletic Association are urged to attend a 7:30 meeting in the police court rooms at City Hall. The organizers hope a large turnout from the association.
Runnymede, by Harry On-Sants Mead, won by three lengths in the Dee Stakes at Chester. Tissaphernes of Lord Roseberry finished second and Glommern of Soljo gl third. Derby contenders include Runnymede along with Rofdore and Ayaz from Aga Khan as six horses started.
Guelph Ont May 7 Philip Granville Canadian walking champion will begin an extensive training campaign immediately to prepare for the London to Brighton 52 mile classic in England this year.
National League game in Boston ends with Brooklyn 13 runs to Boston 4. Key pitchers include Vance and Batchelder for Brooklyn versus Graham Batchelder Benton Ryan ONeill for Boston.
In New York the Phillies beat the New York Giants 6 to 2 behind strong hitting and solid relief. Washington fell to Boston 8 to 5 as EKhmke and Ruffing split duties. Detroit defeated St. Louis 11 to 4 with timely hitting and pitching from Cole and Woodall, while St Louis managed a 4 to 3 win in another tight contest.
Stanislaus Zybszko defeated Dick Davis of Wichita in two straight falls to retain the world's heavyweight wrestling championship in St. Louis Missouri last night.
In Byngville on May 7 1926 local items note the Hedley Shaw meeting and a dance at the Industrial diamond pavilion to aid baseball uniforms. Fred Henderson suffers dental injury after a spill during a White Sox game. Babe Ruth comments on his health while discussing return to form and the Yankees’ struggles amid a busy baseball week.
NEtS lacrosse team starts strong this year drawing large interest as fans anticipate a full season. The Associations aims to procure new goal nets and hopes for good spectator turnout. Alexandras face a select Maple Leafs Thistles lineup with Sam Taylor refereeing at 6 30.
Boston May 7. At 16, Billy Striking of Atlanta meets Quintin Romero of Chile in his first heavyweight bout tonight. The youthful bantamweight rises to a new class for a high profile clash in Boston signaling a bold move in his boxing career.
Washington May 6 The American tour of Paavo Nurmi is halted as Frederick W Rubien AAU registration chairman cancels all future track appearances by Nurmi and his manager Hugo Quist. Rubien telegraphed Drake official Merrill Andruss over charges that Quist demanded excessive expenses for the Drake Relays with a $1000 allotment reported. Quist denies the charge but no official answer has been filed with Andruss or other AAU officials.
The Hague May 7 The lower chamber rejected a bill guaranteeing one million florins for the 1928 Olympic games in Amsterdam. The florin is valued at about 40 cents.
The government sets aside a 9 tract area of about four thousand square miles for preservation. It protects the only two known wild bison herds remaining in the district. The animals are valued for size and stamina and are closely related to the plains bison.
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