Boxing Foresight for 1925 Life of Champions in Question
The New York state athletic commission weighs Tom Gibbons against Gene Tunney for the light heavyweight title with 1925 poised to crown six new champions. Rickard warns fighting is weak without real talent and notes Dempsey and Walker as the strongest current figures.
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New York
Worthy State Athletic Commission
Tom Gibbons
Gene Tunney
America
Tunney
Gibbons
Rickard
State Athletic Commission
Jack Dempsey
Mickey Walker
Parcs Villa
Pancho
Frankie Genaro
Genaro
Villa
Eddie Cannonball Martin
Abe Goldstein
Cannonball
Goldstein
Johnny Dundee
Kid Sullivan
Mr. Leonard
Benjamin
Sid Terris
Sammy Mandel
Mowey
Walker
Harry Greb
Tiger Flowers
Flowers
Mike Meigue
MecTigue
Dempsey
Leonard
Parry Wills
Lorain Lions Defeat Marion in Local Basketball Tilt
Lorain Lions beat the Marion Italy Dairies 25 to 27 in a hometown game last night with Grendow shining as the top performer. The result adds another win for Lorain in the season.
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Lorain Lions
Marion
Lorain, O
Italy
Grendow
Alexander Rt
Gove
Ross
McNutt
Sean
van Arnam
Isaly Dairies
Robbing
Phillians
Minard
Ennean
Women golfer Dorothy Hurd tops 1924 spirit feature
A long sport feature lauds Dorothy Hurd as the new woman in 1924 sport world. It chronicles her return to form in women’s golf, her modernized swing and grip, and her victory over top rivals like Glenna Collett Edith Cummings Marion Hollins Miriam Burns.
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Norman E. Brown
Dorothy Hurd
Hurd
Mary Browne
Milady
Mrs. Hurd
Glenna Collett
Edith Cummings
Marion Hollins
Miriam Burns
Walter Hagen
Lie
British Amateur Boxers Picked for Boston Challenge
The British team to face American amateurs in Boston next January includes G Gogay, A E Beavis, P O'Hanrahn, Harry Mallin, J Elliott, H J Mitchell and Lt J Courtis of the Royal Army Service Corps. Mallin and Mitchell are highlighted as star attractions, with Elliott challenging Mallin in the middleweight ranks.
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London
Boston
Britain
United States
G. Gogay
Oxford and Bermondsey Boxing Club
Tenerve
A. E. Beavis
Polytechnic Boxing Club
P. O’hanrahn
Harry Mallin
London Police Boxing Club
J. Elliott
H. J. Mitchell
J. Courtis
Royal Army Service Corps
Mallin
Mitchell
Elliott
Eliot
Elliot
American Athletic Union
Amateur Boxing Association of Britain
World’s Champion Boxers Named for U S Tour
The selection includes top boxers from a large hopeful list with many from the Polytechnic Boxing Club, known as Poly, a premier club. P Seaton to manage the team during the United States trip, pleasing British fans with strong credentials.
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Polytechnic Boxing Club
Poly
P. Seaton
United States
Woman champion horseshoe tosser to oppose men in Lake Worth
Mrs. A. Lanham of Bloomington, holder of the world women’s horseshoe throwing title, will enter the men’s professional and national Mid Winter Horseshoe Tournament in Lake Worth Florida in February. Her entry provokes male contenders nationwide as observers note her high game averages and record ringers.
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Lake Worth
Fla
Immori
A. Lanham
Bloomington
Aga
Emma Rowley Dies. Longtime Primary Teacher in Middleport
Miss Emma Rowley a longtime primary grades teacher in Middleport and later Huntington West Virginia schools is dead in Middleport. She was known as the first teacher of thousands.
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Middleport, Q
Emma Rowley
Middleport
Huntington
Trimble to Rent Glouster Fire Equipment in City Pact
Trimble Ohio reports an agreement with Glouster to rent new firefighting equipment. Glouster volunteer firemen bought the apparatus with their own funds for four thousand five hundred six dollars.
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Trimble
Glouster
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Jefferson Parish Fair Jockey Club
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Tia Juana
Albert G. Cutler
Dave McAnilless
Jimmy Goodrich
Sully Montgomery
Jim Maloney
Tony Vaccarelli
Johnny Rococo
Yonkers
INU
Lanham
Chronicle-Telegram
Bill
Mose Wilder
Aree Ogoes
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