Westminster Schedule Promises Strong Football Card
Westminster's season schedule announced by Coach A B Wimberly with Donald Crowe as student manager. Games include Carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh October 9 Marietta College at Otta October 16 Geneva College at Westminster October 23 Washington and Jefferson at New Castle October 30 Bethany College at Bethany November 6 Allegheny College at Meadville November 13 Thiel College at November 20 Grove City College at Grove City November 25.
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New Wilmington
Westminster
A. B. Wimberly
Donald Crowe
Carnegie Tech
Pittsburgh
Marietta College
Otta
Geneva College
Washington and Jefferson
New Castle
Bethany College
Bethany
Allegheny College
Meadville
Thiel College
Grove City College
Grove City
No Comedians On This Team
Charley Grimm recalls his first National League trip to Philadelphia with St. Louis. After a 2 to 1 loss, Grimm helped a water rescue in the clubhouse pool, which drew manager Jack Hendricks’s outburst about comedians on the team. Grimm left for Little Rock that night.
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Charley Grimm
Philadelphia
Jack Hendricks
Grima
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Pirates
Bank the Last One Crowds Shout in Brooklyn Bout
In a Britton Lewis scrap staged in Brooklyn, Jack Britton pressed Ted Lewis with a relentless jab attack. Spectators counted his punches aloud as the crowd urged him to finish, culminating in a chorus of calls to bank the last jab.
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Jack Britton
Ted Lewis
Brooklyn
Jack
Ted
Britton
Jack Old Boy
Star for a Day Vaughn shuts out Braves for 7th straight win
Cubs lefty Jim Vaughn earns his seventh consecutive victory by shutting out the Braves with six innings pitched or more. Babe Ruth hits his 18th homer with Lou Pipp on deck as the Yankees beat Chicago. Perry’s wildness and an error in the ninth help the Browns extend their win streak to seven. Pirates and Phillies see their Pennsylvania championship series delayed by rain.
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Perry
The
Browns
Yardman and Office Teams Stage Five Inning Game
The Superintendent Office team defeated the Yardmen 2 to 0 in a five inning game on the New Castle grounds. Duke Morrissey pitched steadily for the Office men, with Miles delivering a key two-base hit that scored the winning run in the fifth. Spille and McCormick starred for the Yardmen with three hits apiece. The teams meet again Monday June 21 at 4 30 p m on the B and O grounds.
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B. & O. Railroad
New Castle Grounds
Duke” Morrisey
Hammond
Miles
Spille
McCormick
Windsor to Resume Horse Racing at Devonshire Park
Windsor will restart horse racing July 1 with the Western Racing Association holding its first meet at Devonshire Park after a cyclone damaged plant. Bradley Wilson, the association’s director, reports reconstruction under William Wright and a move of headquarters from Montreal to Windsor. John Lumsden and James Arthur head the new body with other owners like Rome Respess financially involved. Government control of profits is seen by Wilson as reducing speculative investment.
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Montreal
Windsor
Wilson
Kentucky
Devonshire
John Lumsden
Ottawa
Dominion
Jas
Arthur
Maryland
Rome Respess
J. W. Doherty
Ince
Yale Crew Pulls Off Snappy Spin
Yale varsity crew prepared for rest after a four mile practice with the second varsity and freshmen eights. The Blue oarsmen surprised Harvard by pulling a fast trial spin upstream. The Crimson eights planned to follow the same schedule today.
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International News Service
New London
Yale
Harvard
Crimson
Enceh Ane
Xine
Rain Delays Baseball Contests and Roster Moves
Rain stopped the B O Castle Cards contest yesterday with both teams on the field. Coach Kerr announced Bill Mundy’s release and Crouch to play first base in the future due to hitting woes. Kerr signed Pitt grid star Tom Davies for infield work and expects Garvey to arrive soon as Kerr builds a fast, disciplined team ahead of Manager Carts.
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B. & O.castle
Kerr Today
Bill Munday
Crouch
Kerr
Pitt
Tom Davies
Tom
Pirates
Carts
Police Guard Benton Harbor Fight to Prevent Disorder
Detroit dispatch notes Benny Leonard and Charley White clash in Benton Harbor on July 5. Military police from Camp Custer will guard outside the stadium and serve as ushers inside with state commission approval to curb any riot threats.
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International News Service
Detroit
Mich
Benny Leonard
Charley White
Benton Harbor
Giant Stadium
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Camp Custer
State Poxing Commission
Tom Bigger
Leonard Begins Training for Bouts on Pacific Coast Trip
Boxer Benny Leonard has started training en route from the Pacific coast. He is in Universal City California reforming before filming. His next fights include Frico in San Francisco, a ten round clash in Portland, a Benton Harbor ten round match with Charley White, and a return to New York around July 8.
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Benny Leonard
Pacific Coast
Leonard
Universal City
Cal
San Francisco
Portland
Chicago
New York
Frico
Benton Harbor
Charley White
Kansas Matched To Box Jackson In Detroit Bout
Rocky Kansas has won eight straight lightweight fights in two months and will box Willie Jackson in Detroit on June 30. This will be the fourth meeting between Kansas and Jackson, who has previously faced Welling Britt Picato Walger Brady and Dundee.
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International News Service
Buffalo
N. Y
Rocky Kansas
Joe Welling
Frankie Britt
Babe Picato
Benny Walger
Ralph Brady
Allentown
Dundee
Willie Jackson
Detroit
Jackson
Kansas
Important Meeting In Pete's Parlor
A gathering is requested at Pete Joseph's soft drink emporium at six o'clock Sunday afternoon. Attendees include Tullie Ciazza's New Castle Independents and numerous individuals such as Travers Izzo Blaine Lawrence Gurnaugh Dunlap Panella Flaherty Hilborn Burnett Caiazza Carpenter Marcella Brooks Copple Richards Earle and Campbell.
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Tullie Ciazza
New Castle
Travers
Izzo
N. Blaine
Lawrence
Gurnaugh
Dunlap
Panella
Flaherty
Hilborn
Burnett
Caiazza Carpenter
Marcella
Brooks
Copple
Richards
Earle
Campbell
Pete Joseph
Shelby Tubers Triumph Over Shelby Tube 21 to 6
In Wampum Crescents II. of Wampum defeated Shelby Tube of Bellwood City 21 to 6. McCready pitched well, Beatrice starred in the field, and EB PROS 66 weekend scene notes the lopsided outcome with limited readable details.
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Crescents II
Wampum
Shelby
Bellwood City
McCready
Beatrice
Sien Ben
Bok Ee Clorcens
Great Fighter Henry Stevens Names Tom Sharkey As The Greatest
Henry Stevens declares Tom Sharkey the greatest fighter he ever saw citing Sharkey s stamina ability and gameness. He recalls Sharkey s battles with Choynski Corbett McCoy Jeffries Fitsimmons Ruhlin and notes a near title win over Jeffries and Sharkey s gentlemanly conduct. Other greats Frank Erne and Jack McAuliffe are praised as well.
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New York
Henry Stevens
Harry
Tom Sharkey
Tom
Sharkey
Joe Choynski
Jim Corbett
Kid McCoy
Jim Jeffries
Bob Fitsimmons
Gus Ruhlin
Frank Erne
Jack McAuliffe
Joe Benjamin Falls in Four Round Dreamland Rink Bout
Frisco wire reports Joseph Benjamin, a local light weight hopeful, was stopped by Frankie Farren in four rounds at Dreamland Rink. Benjamin faded at the end, ringside observer Al Johnson wished for longer, and note is made of his battle wear and a striped nose. Jack Kearns and Jack Dempsey referenced with boxing gear details.
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Joe Benjamin
Frisco
Billy Gibson
Harp
Frankie Farren
Dreamland Rink
Benjamin
al Johnson
Benjie
New York
Joseph Benjamin
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
First Presbyterians Hold Practice Game
This evening at six o'clock the First Presbyterian Young men's Bible class baseball team will practice on the Radiator plant grounds. All interested young men and class members are welcome to join.
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First Presbyterian Young Men
Meredith Again Dons Track Tags
Ted Meredith, Olympic 800 champion and former Penn track star, plans a comeback in the Metropolitan A A U senior track and field championships at Jersey City. He will run in the quarter mile on Saturday.
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International News Service
New York
Ted Meredith
Penn
Jig
Metropolitan
Jersey City
Redskin Ends Life Breaking Old Indian Tradition
Okla has a historic suicide as Jeff Oliver eighty a full blooded Indian ends his life by hanging in Okta ha officials record this first case of an Indian taking his own life in recorded history.
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International News Service
Oktaha, Okla
Jeff Oliver
Indian Agency Oficials
Costs Miner 2000 To Stop Nose Bleed
Denver report details Morris T. Streeter a coal mine owner suffering a nose bleed that cost 2000 to charter a special Denver train reach an isolated Moffat county site. A specialist traveled 300 miles by auto after a failed airlift and medical bills pushed total past 2000 before bleeding ceased.
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Denver
Morris T. Streeter
Moffat County
Colorado
Streeter
Mount Streeter
Germany Still Without A Cabinet As Assembly Sits
London dispatch reports the newly elected German assembly to convene in a week while Germany remains without a cabinet. President Ebert pursues a coalition ministry, with centrists Social Democrats and the German People’s party. Konstantin Fehrenbach refused the state chancellor post.
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International News Service
London
National Assembly
Germany
Berlin
Konstantin Fehrenbach
Ebert
Social Democrats
German Peoples Party
Giant maple at court house toppled by storm
A large maple on the lawn near the court house in Lawrence county was uprooted by a recent storm. It fell against the county treasurer’s office windows and could have caused injuries to occupants if it had dropped ten feet higher.
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Lawrence County
Court House
Shamrock IV Set for Practice Spin at Sandy Hook
In New York on June 17 the Shamrock IV and the trial boat prepared to sail for a practice spin off Sandy Hook. Tuning races begin tomorrow and run daily until the Americas Cup International series starts July 15, weather permitting.
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International News Service
New York
Gail
Sandy Hook
Dr Hixson Named President of Allegheny College
Rev Dr Fred Whitle Hixson, president of the University of Chattanooga, was elected president of Allegheny College at Meadville Pennsylvania by trustees last night. He succeeds Rev Dr William H Crawford.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Fred Whitle Hixson
University of Chattanooga
Allegheny College
Meadville
Hixson
William H. Crawford
Man Killed in Storm Crash in Craigsville
Ralph Thompson, 25, of Butler, was killed when a wind torn tree toppled onto his truck in Craigsville during a severe electrical storm. The accident occurred while he was returning from a business trip for Thompson Brothers ice cream. He is survived by his mother two brothers and four sisters.
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Butler
Ralph Thompson
Craigsville
Thompson
Thompson Brothers
Internal parasite to destroy grasshoppers
Saskatoon June 17 An internal parasite to destroy the grasshoppers by boring from within is being developed at the University of Saskatchewan. Dominion entomologist Dr A E Cameron announced that while ordinary methods must be used this year to combat the grasshopper menace, he hopes the parasite will spread enough next year to prevent any further plague.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
A. E. Cameron
Dominion
Cameron
Ritz To Fight Sam Ciminella In Wheeling Match
Sammy Ciminella also known as Sammy Howard will face Frankie Ritz in Wheeling on Monday night. Ritz, managed by Jimmie Dime, is a long rangy welterweight being polished for power and speed. A $5,000 house is expected for the bout in Ritz’s hometown.
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Sammy Ciminella
Sammy Howard
Frankie Ritz
Wheeling
Ritz
Jimmie Dime
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