Judges to Name Winner If Bout Lasts 12 Rounds
Toledo dispatch covers Willard Dempsey prefight era. Discussion centers on judges major Drexel Biddle Tex Rickard and referee roles. Fights rules ban kidney and rabbit punches while Willard and Dempsey contrast in temperaments and motives ahead of July 4 bout.
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The Vital Figures in the Dempsey Era of Heavyweight Fame
A vivid portrait of Dempsey as a road worn champion in the making. The piece contrasts the tramp and bourgeois temperaments, notes Tex Rickard’s rising gate and Toledo’s celebrity buzz, and reports on camp activity, injuries, and the mood around Willard, Tate, and the Jamaica Kid amid training for the title bout.
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Dempsey Willard Prep For Coming Battle Scene
The image shows Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard in a tense preparation for an upcoming title clash. In the top right, Willard has knocked out Jack Heinen while Walter Monahan leaps to strike the champion. The upper left captures a push by the challenger toward Bill Tate as Tate jabs to keep Dempsey at bay.
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Jauss's Crew Wins Metropolitan Club Race on Hudson
The Metropolitan Rowing Club held its thirty-ninth annual regatta on the Harlem River with four rowing events and a swimming contest. Louis A. Jauss captained the winning eight-oared shell, while Joseph Ryan and John Schultz earned second and third in the closely contested races. The centipede and other events produced decisive victories and close finishes as crews from several captains contended for top honors.
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Walker, Columbia Golfer, Annexes Collegiate Crown
A. J. Walker of Columbia won the intercollegiate golf championship at Merion Cricket Club Philadelphia defeating J. B. Dean of Princeton in the final round four up with two to play. Dean led after the first eighteen holes but Walker surged in the second half to seize the lead at the eleventh hole and never relinquished it.
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Squash Star Injures Hand in Polo Match at Knollwood
A rough polo contest at Elmsford New York celebrating Knollwood Country Club’s 25th anniversary saw the Blues defeat the Reds 244 to 138. Three players were injured two minor and one serious, Yale Club star Donald McKay suffering a broken hand. Maurice Flynn scored the Blues’ first goal, Arthur Bourne added another, while Oakley Wood tallied Reds’ sole score.
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Priscilla Leads Stamford Series After Victory in Spring Cup
Priscilla won today's Spring Cup race among Stamford Yacht Challenge-design boats. She completed the x and a half mile course in 1 hour 10 minutes 46 seconds with a strong east by south breeze, taking a 19 point lead in the cup series as Little Hope and Polly vie for second with 16 points.
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New England League Morning Game Report
In a New England League morning bulletin, Havernith played Mitchbote with a 4 Ravernit score and Lewiston 6 in Lowell. The article notes a ret game and mentions Lawrence, Portland, and Cat earn in a brief score rundown amid scattered OCR errors.
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Willard and Dempsey Title Bout Sparks Broad Interest
Grantland Rice reflects on public fervor for the Willard Dempsey bout noting the pair are marketed as boxers rather than war heroes. He argues their wartime records lag and compares their prominence as athletes to other roles in society.
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Willard Will Face Dempsey in Tribune Fight Coverage
Grantland Rice and W C McGeehan plan daily telegraph reports from Toledo as Dempsey and Willard train for the July 4 bout. The Tribune leases direct wire service to capture every training moment and provide expert, readable accounts of the heavyweight championship build up and aftermath.
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Billiard Star Yamada Weds Tama Matsumoto in San Francisco
Professional billiard player Koji Yamada married Miss Tama Matsumoto by Justice of the Peace A. T. Barnett in San Francisco. They were childhood sweethearts in Tokyo and plan a honeymoon in the United States where Yamada will compete against Willie Hoppe in championship billiard contests. Eastern Association Worcester Now Tavon New Haven.
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Smith and Moffatt Triumph in Glen Ridge Cup Playoffs
Smith defeated Hale 6 15 to play in the final of the June Cup Class A at Glen Ridge Country Club. Moffatt won Class B 5 up and 4 to play over Wiggins. Mitchell led ball sweepstakes with 417 80. Thomas 9927 72. Bickford 4220 72 in deadlock for second. several tied for third. Michell achieved a notable 190 yard seventh hole feat amid the event’s rounds.
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Iron Man stunt ends in doubleheader split
Baltimore and Newark split a doubleheader with Rommel on the mound in the opener 5 to 0 and the locals winning the second game 7 to none. Parham pitched both games, fanning 7 then 11 in the two outings, and hit two homers in the nightcap. Local fans demanded police protection for umpire Wilson after disputes at the games.
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80,000 to See Gladiators in Toledo Arena
Toledo June 28 with the Willard Dempsey bout nearing, the Bay View Park arena rises as a massive, four‑entrance structure seating up to 60,000 originally, later pushed to 80,000, using 1.76 million feet of lumber and nails for joints, barred for safety, four grand entrances, armed ushers, barbed wire fences, and strict ticket control to prevent crowd rushes.
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