Demon Clash Looms in Monroe Wrestling Show
Promoter Bill Avery stages a headlining Monroe wrestling card featuring Dusek and Mondt in a high-stakes bout. Dusek, rested after a Houston appearance, backs a fast pace and his cradle split to topple Mondt, the local favorite who aims to dethrone Rudy. Efforts to sign Paul Jones for the winner continue.
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Rudy
Monroe
Dusek
Abe Kaplan
Houston
Dallas
McGuire Mondt
Colorado Flash
Makewick
Joe Malcewicz
Tulsa
Jone
Sabin Carr Sets New Pole Vault World Record
Yale star Sabin Carr is cited for faster take-off boosting a world indoor pole vault record at 14 feet 1 inch after previously soaring 18 feet 9 14 inches. Norwegian vaulter Charles Hoff observed Carr’s speed as a key factor in the improvement.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Sabin Carr
Yale
Charles Hoff
Carr
Hoff
Turkey Gets First Native Golf Links
Angora June 29 The first Turkish golf course is to be laid out.
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Turkey
Associated Press
Angora
Favorites Rise in Mississippi Golf Tourney
Biloxi 19 year old Bob Gormley, 1926 state champion, defeated Al Renunning to enter today’s qualifiers. Defending champ Charles Kittleman beat H Y West 7 and 5. Weather was favorable at Gulf Hills. Mrs Otto Hervig was the women’s medalist, beating Mrs W S Barry 2 and 1.
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Associated Press
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Bob Gormley
al Renunning
Jackson Country Club
Charles Kittleman
Greenville
H. Y. West
Yazoo City
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Kittleman
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Gulf Hills
Otto Hervig
W. S. Barry
Tarpons Take Lead With Sixth Inning Burst
The Alexandria Reds dropped their sixth straight as Gulfport won the opener 6 to 4. Crozier’s throw to the plate in the sixth allowed two Tarpons runs to seize the lead. Sowore joins the Angora Sports club. Foreign golf fans expect Turks to adapt quickly to golf given patience and individual play.
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Alexandria Reds
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Crozier
Hick
Plate
Tarpons
Sowore
Constantinople
Gibbon Attacks Senator Allen Over Severance Tax Stance
Anthony Gibbon of Monroe owner of Urania Petroleum challenges Senator C. K. Allen of Winn Parish, saying he did not represent Urania district oil interests on the severance tax bill. Gibbon warns coalitions will slow La Salle oil activity as Urania plans for expansion are cancelled and deeper testing postponed due to the tax.
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Monroe
Urania Petroleum Company
Urania
C. K. Allen
Winn Parish
Allen
Mr. Gibbon
LaSalle
Urania Petroleum Co
McClanahan
United States
Senator Allen
Senator Allen Defends Tax Bill Against Small Oil Operators
A statement clarifies that Senator Allen's push for the severance tax bill was not in support of independent and small oil operators in his district. The remark frames his stance as aligning with administration sides rather than local operator interests.
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Parishes
Allen
Two Men Chase World Trip Record By Seaplane and Ship
Henry Mears and Captain C. C. D. Collyer set out from the Battery at 5 a.m. aboard a seaplane to overtake the steamer Olympic and await a 23 day circumnavigation. They aimed to prove air sea travel speed and safety coordinated with a steamship.
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New York
Henry Mears
C. C. D. Collyer
Olympic
Mears
Collyer
Edward Evans
Detroit Sportsman
Linton Wells
Riverside expands staff with new additions
Dr. J. H. Thorne of Galveston joins Riverside sanitarium to lead the laboratory full time. Summer staff will include Tulane students Garnett Barham and John M. Moseley. Dr. C. H. Moseley plans to broaden hospital staff and Miss Laura May Ludwig of Cleveland becomes second anaesthetist. Mrs. Viola Wade, head nurse, departs for vacation in Detroit and Rochester, Minn.
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Galveston
Texas
Seeley Hospital
Riverside Sanitarium
Tulane
Garnett Barham
Oak Ridge
John M. Mosely
C. H. Mosely
Laura May Ludwig
Cleveland
Viola Wade
Detroit
Rochester
Minn
Tarps appeal to President Sexton for investigation
Gulfport Tarpons officials filed a petition with National Baseball Association President Sexton seeking an inquiry into Cotton States League president Frank Scott's decision denying Gulfport's protest of the June 20 game against Laurel. The protest centered on Laurel manager John Ganzel allegedly not properly signed before appearing in uniform, with Laurel winning 5 to 4.
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Associated Press
Gulfport
Miss
Sexton
National Baseball Association
Frank Scott
Cotton States League
Laurel
Gulfport Athletic Association
Tarpon
Gulfport Tarpons
Scott
John Ganzel
Hattiesburg
Yankees overpower Athletics as Ruth leads with 28th home run
In a caldron of pennant chase, the Yankees beat Connie Mack's Athletics 10 to 4 at Shibe Park. Babe Ruth slugged his 28th and 30th homers while George Earnshaw fanned ten, as the A's succumb to the champions for the eleventh time this season.
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Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Babe Ruth and Company
Athletics
Shibe Park
Yankees
George Herman Ruth
Mack
Rube Walberg
George Earnshaw
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