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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage yields partial words and stray phrases that obscure the event. Readers see fragments like enemy, noise, and mentions of unclear names tied to an unidentified incident.
Promoter Bert Hayes in Salt Lake arranging boxing bouts for Pontiello with Charlie Lavatta and Spug Meyers under Gate City Athletic Club. Voluso of Salt Lake to face Lavatta. Kindo to meet Spug. Local fans expect top draws and strong turnouts from Pocatello as Lavatta and Meyers headline. Read the Cribune Classified Ads.
Divide fishing reported good with clear water and improving prospects as spring continues. Pebble water remains high while Darlington in Mackay County enjoys clear weather and light winds. Yellowstone reports slower fish, plentiful supply but sluggish mood. Ketchum and Shoshone show fair conditions. General snowmelt suggests improving spring fishing as season advances.
Paul Jones captured the suburban handicap at Belmont Park on a muddy track with Boniface second and Exterminator third. The winning time was 2 09 3 5 hours and minutes. Ridden by A Schuttinger, Jones follows his Kentucky Derby victory. Upset and Thunder also competed amid withdrawals from five other entries.
Forrest W. McNeier of Houston selected to replace C. M. Powers of Decatur to join the American Olympic trapshooting team. Government grants permission to ship team ammunition on the army transport Pocahontas, sailing June 20.
The 20th annual Western Conference outdoor track and field championships were held at Ferry Field with 325 athletes competing. The University of California five man all star team led by Jack Merchant was expected to dominate the scoring, while Michigan faced setback from Carl Johnson of Seattle who is limited to the broad jump due to injuries.
Jack Merchant of the University of California failed to qualify for the broad jump at the Western Conference track and field meet, missing by a quarter of an inch as the event began this afternoon.
The article lists Sunday games in major leagues including Chicago at St. Louis and New York at Brooklyn, notes no Monday games, and discusses a July 5 bout between Gordon McKay and Mike O Dowd with title claims around Johnny Wilson. It also covers weighing controversy, Police Gazette claims, and boxing figures like Spug Meyers, Lavatta, Sharkey, and Noye plus Olympic tryouts and Missouri sports outlook.
Shanghai June 5 AP report says a meeting of southern Chinese leaders voted to issue a manifesto proclaiming the secession of Yunnan province from China. The move signals possible provincial separatism amid regional tensions.
Regions including Kwiechow Hunan Shensi Szechwan were separated from the Canton administration of the southern Chinese government.
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