What makes 'em so tough says trainer and fans
The piece profiles Paavo Nurmi and other athletes, arguing heredity and hard work forge champions. It cites Nurmi training in America on diverse meals, Knute Rockne’s work ethic, Jim and Art Duncan, Dempsey’s early labor, and stories of Sheridan, Houser, and DeWitt. It stresses that tough athletes emerge from labor and discipline, not privilege.
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Paavo Nurmi
America
Nermi
Heredity
Smething
Knute Rockne
Mun
Notre Dame
Rockne
Read Grange
Jim Duncan
Bud Houser
Tlennt
Art Duncan
New York
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Tom Shevlin
Yale
Shevlin
Martin Sheridan
Ireland
Martin
England
Ray Ewry
Athens
Bob Garrett
Princeton
John R. DeWitt
DeWitt
Suez Canal
New Orleans
Jack Johnson
Galveston
Joe Walcott
Barbadoes
Sem Langford
Ore Gans
Baltimore
Harry Wills
Stanford University
George Culver
Athltes
Deas Culver
Stan
Ford
Hotly contested trapshoot and volleyball drills at local clubs
Local sports notes detail growing interest in volleyball at the Y and a planned trapshoot contest between Glenns Ferry and Pocatello clubs. Teams will shoot fifty targets from the 16 yard line with Chas Sumner refereeing and G F as scorer. The event aims to send Glenns Ferry home by early train.
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I* Glenns Ferry
Pocatello U. Athletic Association
Pocatello Trapshooting Cub
Campyte
Pocatello Rail Boys
Phil Nash
F. Won G
BE. Cushman
W. Myers
J. Cranor
A .Neen
Riddle
J. H. MeEwers
Bill Jess
Vaughn
R. Phillips
eQuade
Ohas
Glenna Ferry
Rnte
Chas
G. Sumner
Howa Shafer
C. Bork
G. F
Glenny Ferry
Detroit-Gar Wood to race motor bout against Twentieth Century Limited
Detroit driver Gar Wood announced a May 25 motor bout against the Twentieth Century Limited from Albany to New York. In Bayonne Mike Ballerino and Mickey Brown fought 12 rounds with reporters giving Brown the win by a shade.
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Detroit
Gar Wood
Twentieth Century Limited
Albany
New York
Bayonne
N. J
Mike Ballerino
Mickey Brown
Dempsey Aims to Fight Tunney in Heavyweight Title Path
Article notes Jack Dempsey has not retired and plans a bout with Gene Tunney to determine the heavyweight title. Dempsey envisions a stadium show after beating top contenders as Tunney pursues a path through the field. Report mentions Jack Cooper, Mickey Walker, and possible westward boxing trend with promoters eyeing California and the Pacific slope.
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Fair Play
Pocatello Tribune
New York
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Tunney
Jack
Dempsey
Gene
Jack Cooper
Mickey Walker
California
Jack Silvers
Cooper
Mickey
Jersey
Elizabeth
Walker
Pacific
Jyathin
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