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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1926
Page
5
Experts eye a chaotic card as six horses race with names including Google entry and Housemaid in a shaky field. Wagering centers on favorites Wis Brannigans and Miouta while post time unsettles bettors amid muddy stretch conditions and rain.
Promoter Tex Rickard plans to meet the State Athletic Commission this afternoon to discuss plans for a heavyweight title bout. He says Jack Dempsey will begin training August 1 at White Sulphur Springs on Saratoga Lake and hints Gene Tunney may be Dempsey’s opponent once his California movie work finishes. Rickard will represent Dempsey at the hearing and could face a breach with the commission if the panel endorses Harry Willis’s bid without his consent.
Berlin June 22 One problem in settling claims of former German ruling houses concerns ownership of Hohenzollern Castle near Sismaringen in southern Germany. William II claims the castle built in 1850 on the ruins of a 1493 structure while the rock it sits on belongs to Prince Frederick Victor. The Prussian state holds rights to the arsenal bastion and approach to the castle, complicating any agreement.
London readers debate why modern painters fail to elevate the modern girl to serious art. E Easton Taster notes repeated questions in the London Evening News and other periodicals as frilly modern gowns and flapper portraits spark comment.
The Elks Club at Laurel Heights schedules a benefit basketball game to raise funds for the Fellowship Center clubhouse rest room in Travis Park church basement. Tickets are selling rapidly, with strong support from Harry Ables contributing to the drive.
The Yale 1886 varsity crew, 40-year veterans of the Thames triumph over Harvard, reunite at the University Club New York. A dinner precedes a New Haven parade before the Harvard Yale baseball game and a viewing of current crews in the Thames course race. Attendees include Alfred Cowles Robert Appleton George Woodruff and others. several were absent for health or work reasons.
St Louis June 22. More than 200 golfers contest the Trans Misssissippi golf tournament qualifying at the Aqn course. Eddie Held Algonguin Le Louis leads with 2 under par followed by T W Dawson Glen Oak Elliot Whitbread. James Glanion and Cla Sunset Hill are among players tied in the 12s. Match play starts tomorrow for the 32 lowest scorers.
Montreal June 22 The Rev Ephraim Seott long time editor of the Presbyterian Record for 43 years announces resignation to the general assembly He will continue duties to year end if needed Rev Malcolm Campbell recommends Dr Seott receive a retiring allowance of 3000 a year
In Berlin on June 22 Prussia announced a new regulation issuing badges for persons who are hard of hearing or deaf and dumb to indicate they require assistance at street crossings subways and elevated stations. Police will issue the badge and aid on duty. The device mirrors its use for the blind in Germany Austria and Switzerland.
German movie critics won a victory over press agents in a case about an American film promoted as fresh from Hollywood. Critics noted the gowns hats shoes and stockings worn by actresses were actually three years old and had appeared in Paris and New York then. The suit led to admissions by German distributing agencies and involved a broader accord to speed exchanges between American and German producers and distributors.
In a busy Fort Sam Houston Baseball League doubleheader the Ninth Infantry defeated the Eighth Corps Headquarters Detachment 40 to 2 after a 13-run first inning. Radachak started a key triple play for the 20th Infantry in a 12-11 win over the First Infantry with Rose homering.
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