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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1923
Page
5
The schedule lists three matchups with St Louis visiting Cincinnati Chicago at Pittsburgh and New York at Philadelphia. Detroit at Chicago Cleveland at St Louis are also on today’s slate. No games today for others as clubs travel.
A chaotic recap mentions Syl Paulus and Patgere with coach tensions and a local school eleven. It references Passos adjusting this fall, Rebelseon, and a boxing outlook featuring Tendier Kelly Leonard and a looming bout in Philadelphia. The piece hints at strength battles, heavyweight prospects, and season momentum after summer training.
Motive Power edges Nogales 8 7 in a tense afternoon game at Phoenix Tigers faced setbacks with Urquides off form and Kellner closing as Tucson struggled. Key rally in the final inning secured the win for Motive Power amid slow play and crabbing calls.
PORT CLEVELAND July 23 Nearly Solfers with Jess Sweetser of New York and Chic Evans of Chicago tee off in the first half of 34 hole qualifying for the Western amateur championship at the Mayfield Country Club amid noted senior competitors. Omaha July 23 Louis Angel Firpo, the Argentine fighter who beat Jess Willard, will fight August 3 in a 15 round decision bout announced by promoter Pat Boyle. Brown of St. Louis wins Missouri Valley teams, to represent district in Philadelphia singles.
Press Box reports on July 1 as Reds and Giants clash with St Louis and Philadelphia while Yankees sweep Detroit. Indians, Robins and Boston split, White Sox, Browns win, Braves blank Dodgers. K M Landis attends Cincinnati game marking his first visit as commissioner.
Pat Moran's men trail the New York Giants by three and a half games as Cincinnati presses the league leaders. Pittsburgh sits a game back, while the Yankees lead the American League pennant chase with a runaway pace. The summary notes week’s records in wins losses runs hits and errors for both leagues.
Chicago July 22 Babe Ruth of the New York Americans needs one more home run to tie Cy Williams of the Philadelphia Nationals for the lead in the homer race. Leading sluggers list Ruth Williams Mellmann Meuser Tobin Miller and others from Detroit St Louis Cleveland and Philadelphia.
The report covers a weekend baseball clash where Motive Power faced Mal Chase's Nogales Internationals. It highlights forbed contest quality, weather, grandstand needs, and a heated morning argument between players. Chase and Merrie Merer receive focus for notable plays and performances.
In Blenman park the Nogales Internationals edged the Motive Power nine 15 to 3 after a tense pitchers duel. Arzate homered for Nogales while Chase made a highlight catch in short right and Seaton pitched well until a late rally broke the tie.
New York defeated Detroit 7 to 4 while Chicago beat St Leele 9 to 4. Boston lost to St Leele 2 to 9 and Washington triumphed over Cleveland with a 3 to given score.
The recap lists Brooklyn 6-7 and Boston 14-5 as opponents with New York and Philadelphia and St Louis and Cincinnati also mentioned. No other games are detailed in the fragment.
Denver falls to Wichita 19-10 while Omaha tops St Joseph 7-5. Tulsa defeats Slows City 46 to unspecified, and Des Moines hosts Oklahoma City 2 as remaining results trickle in.
Reported scores list Leuleville 2 3 St Paul 1 3 with second called and a 6 o clock law. Columbus 6 3 Milwaukee 10 4 Indianapolis 11 7 Minneapolis 16 4 Kansas City 7 Toledo 6.
A compact standings snapshot shows Salt Lake City at 18-4 and Portlana 33-17, with Bacramentoo at 12-5 and Seattle at 8-4. Oakland holds 1-0 while Vernon is 6-2. San Francisco 6-8 and Los Angeles ft reflect incomplete reporting.
Readable text lists city scores and pairs with scattered numbers and a note about a second game and train. Mentions San Antonio Fort Worth Beaumont Shreveport Galveston Wichita Falls Houston and Dailies with various numbers interspersed. The fragment provides no coherent game narrative or dates.
The report notes Jess Willard’s rope grab and fall echoing the 1909 Jeffries incident in Reno. It describes Willard and Jeffries both leaning into ropes, rising briefly, then toppling, with similarities in their reactions and support from seconds. Philadelphia fans eye Young Ad Stone as a potential light heavyweight champion after a bold claim to unseat Tommy Loughran. Max Hoff reportedly bought Stone’s contract for 10000 dollars plus a bonus from his former manager following a dispute.
Betty Leonard defends the lightweight crown against Lew Tendler of Philadelphia in a 15 round World Championship bout at Yankee Stadium drawing an expected 90 000. both fighters posted significant guarantees and entered weighing near the 125 pound limit.
Ironwood Michigan hosted a high scoring game where Bessemer beat Ironwood 6 to 3 with seven homers total. Eddie Foster pitched for Tronwood and hit three homers as did two Bessemer players. Also noted is track star Cheries R Brookins receiving praise from Alvin Kraenzelin for a long standing 220 yard hurdles record. A British polo four will join US fall tournaments, arriving in August for Meadow Brook and Princeton meets.
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