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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1923
Page
5
The article notes Charles Hel egtop and captain of a league team plans to retire for the rest of the season. He cited illness and a prior attack, informing officials he will step back from competition and focus on recovery this year.
Tucson High football prospects draw attention as Coach Syl Paulus returns to lead a squad with Roberson Fuller Ide Drach and others contending for backfield and line spots. Incoming Evansville tackles Weimer Sporleder join Uquides Tompkins. Davis the only graduate to move on. practices slated for early September.
Henry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts completed the English Channel crossing aboard a motorboat support, finishing near Calais after about 87 hours 45 minutes. The 1 990 pound prize was awarded in recognition of his long voyage and achievement, as no reporter joined his accompanying boat.
Unclear OCR notes show league games listed with teams like New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh. Mentions of Oakland and Vernon and scores 598 534 515, 327 297 appear as data artifacts without clear game details.
Ralph De Palma leads a 25 lap dirt track race in Kentucky with 85 points. Boyer and Loren Duray each finish with 15 points, as De Palma dominates the event ahead of the field at Detroit mil.
Piercy allowed five Detroit hits as Boston won 7 to 1 in the opener. The winning run came on McMillan’s walk, Piercy sacrifice, and an infield hit, with Detroit’s Pillette and Bassler pitching and Fewster hitting. Ruth homered and drove in runs for New York in a 5 to 1 win over St. Louis. Cleveland beat Washington 5 to 2 on timely hitting and errors. Philadelphia toped Chicago 14 to 4 with Hale, Hauser and Welch delivering big hits.
In AS LEAGUE Dallas leads 6-0 while Fort Worth is 3-4 and Wichita Walls 4-4. Shreveport sits 1-2 and Houston 2-5 with Galveston 0-2. Beaumont-San Antonio postponed. WESTERN LEAGUE Des Moines 9-5 and Tulsa listed as 5-5. note Tulsa missed games due to a train.
Brooklyn defeated Chicago 5 to 1 as Ruether held the Cubs to six hits. Damevitch homered off Keene in the eighth and Ray Grimes pinch hit for Chicago after two months out with a lame back. Score by innings shows Brooklyn leading with early runs and Chicago's late rally falling short.
Philadelphia wins 6 4 over Pittsburgh as errors help tilt the game. Carey and Maranville provided early offers, followed by four hits for four runs in the first inning.
Reading shows Coast League games with Seattle scores featuring RHE San Francisco and Portland results with Los Angeles. Players Courtney Blake Yaryan Lyons Byler and Eckert On slow appear in listed matchups while American Association games include Toledo Milwaukee Louisville Minneapolis and Indianapolis St Paul postponements.
The article outlines an upcoming world middleweight title bout between Johnny Wilson and Harry Greb set for August 4 at New York’s Polo Grounds. It notes Wilson’s return to the ring after delays and compares Greb’s style to past rivals, with Walker’s no decision bout used as preparation.
Baseball results from Chicago and New York show the New York Nationals beat Cincinnati 7 2 and 4 2 to move seven games ahead of third place. Babe Ruth lined a bases loaded double but the Dodgers lost to the Giants who stay atop the standings. Philadelphia and Boston win to continue strong runs while Cleveland and Brooklyn also tally victories.
Joe Lynch world bantamweight champion faced indefinite suspension by the New Jersey boxing commission after refusing to box Al Gordon or Eddie Gehs last night. Lynch insisted he would fight Willem Fitepeteick, leaving promoters and spectators disappointed as Mayor Powers and officials dealt with the fallout.
San Francisco August 1 James W Coffreoth president of the Lower California Jockey club at Tia Juana telegraphed a contracting firm to bid the Dempsey Witlera price fight in Toledo for the full plane of that structure Coffreoth offered 550000 for a championship match between Jack Dempsey and Luis Firpo in Tia Juana. Dempsey to see prospects Brew White Sulphur Springs Saratoga Springs New York Aug 7 The lure of the horse races drew Dempsey world heavyweight champion to Saratoga yesterday to begin training for the September 14 bout with Firpo Workmen will begin building the new training ring sparring partners expected. Indianapolis January DeForest will not train Firpo for his New York bout September 14 with Dempsey a trainer from Buenos Aires will lead Firpo preparations.
Sparkie Mathews stands out for the Mackmen amid a struggle to reach the first division as Quaker City fans praise the center fielder. The piece notes his scrapbook and his standing as one of the nation's top young players. It also highlights Lieut Eduardo Andino a pistol champion from Porto Rico still in peak form at Platteburg New York camp. He set a world record last year with the heavy 45 caliber pistol scoring 87 percent.
Babe Ruth uses a new bat named Old Sam gifted by Sam Crawford. The bat is lighter and shorter, green wood with a reverse grain, four pieces dovetailed. Boxing talk notes Big Bill Tate as Wills’ likely sparring partner and potential semi final draw with Rickard proposing Wills Tate versus Dempsey Firpo as the path to a bout with either champion.
Earl Mearther of Sioux City defeated Buck Timothy of Davenport by knockout in the third round of a scheduled 10 round post. The event was part of a broader sports page covering baseball tournament play and a memorial toll for President Harding in Chicago.
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