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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1925
Page
6
Washington pitcher Jolson claimed his second World Series victory as the Senators blanked the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday. The clincher came in a 3-0 win with strong defense and timely hitting.
A garbled report details a Thanksgiving road race at Lethbridge with varying names and scattered results. Mentions of participants, timing, and local observers appear broken, but references to the event and its festive context are present amidst the OCR noise.
A confused recap mentions the Cubs and White Sox, Baltimore, Louisville, and Toronto results in a cold world series setting. It notes Treacherous conditions, players like Babe Ruth and Hines, and discusses expenditures for players and the Amateur Association race.
President Coolidge attended the World Series opening with the presidential party and threw out the first ball before a crowd that included figures from Boston and New York. The ceremony featured the president’s appearance and a moment where a field nabbed the ceremonial ball as the teams prepared for the game.
In a shaky game Pittsburg beat Washington 6 to 4 as Ferguson and Kremer both pitched well. Marberry worked 2 innings for Pittsburg, Carey and Barnhardt provided defense behind Morrison, with Nos. 2 hits by Moore and Harrie driving runs. Umpires called a two hour game with several misplays and bases on balls.
Washington report on October 12 details Pirates manager Bill McKechnie dropping a protest that Sam Rice failed to make a fair catch on Earl Smiths eighth inning drive. Commissioner Landis ruled the matter non reversable on field. affidavits from two bleacher fans were not pursued. Rice claimed the ball never left his glove and he merely dropped it to throw it back. witnesses offered conflicting accounts.
Milton and Gue reportedly sold the pacer Jean Grattan once owned by Milton for a Canadian mare after a Lexington Kentucky event. Jean Grattan, trained by A L Chambers of Milton, fetched about $50,090 after an earlier unrleased bid of $500.
Pittsburg Oct 12. The ten round middleweight title fight between Pag Grebb and Tony Marullo of New Orleans, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed due to the postponement of the third World Series game in Washington. The bout will be held later in the week.
Chick Evans, a nationally known golfer from Chicago, Illinois, was named in a Superior Court filing as a conspirator with seven others in a case alleging a $60,000 defrauding scheme against the Diner Golf Club. The defendants are charged with defrauding the club through a coordinated scheme involving agents and others.
In Los Angeles on October 12, Stribling defeated Georgia heavyweight Eddie Huffman in a 10 round bout at Ascot Speedway before about 25 400 fans. The article notes the power of classified ads as the quickest salesmen in the world.
Lewisburg Pennsylvania observes the burial of Christy Mathewson once a Bucknell star. Notables from baseball including John J. McGraw Emil Fuchs Edward Reilly and Davie Bancroft attend the simple funeral as Bucknell suspends business and student groups escort the casket to the cemetery.
Montreal on October 19 will host a title defense by Jack Renault the Canadian heavyweight champion who will face challenger Jacek Ward a Black heavyweight contender. Ward travels to Montreal from an unspecified base to challenge Renault in the planned bout.
In a plider contest in Crimea last week, German aviator Ferdinand Schulz stayed aloft 12 hours 15 minutes, reportedly setting aw worthé’s record for endurance in soaring.
An advertisement touts Rheuma as a marvelous rheumatism remedy sold on a no cure no pay plan. It claims quick safe relief that drives poisons from the system causing stiffness and pain in joints and muscles.
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