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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1923
Page
5
The piece surveys baseball pitching trends, noting older stars like Dempsey remain formidable while a new generation of hurlers enters, with many hitting the mileposts of 200 or more strikeouts and home runs. It highlights rising performers and the shifting balance in the league amid changing rosters and high offense.
From the Press Box reports a rare baseball holiday with 11% of at bats reaching base, seven homers, and 86 runs across six games. Giants, Cubs, and Phillies win while Pittsburgh drops a notch behind New York. Ruth and Williams homer as Meathcote nears injury in Chicago.
New York July 39. After a shortage of real contenders, Dempsey’s path to the heavyweight title heats up as Tommy Gibbons’ 15 round challenge renewed belief in rivals. A bout with Lois Firpo and Harry Willis looms, with Gibbons possibly first to boost public interest in a darker challenger era.
No games on the schedule as teams travel.
Detroit at Washington, Cleveland at Boston, Chicago at New York feature daily pro or college games with multiple city pairings and teams set for rival confrontations across the circuit.
Leadville plans dedication of the world’s highest landing field on August 19 with the US air service. The 16 206 foot field honors Lieutenant Inghar who died in a 1932 incident, and promises to draw airplanes from Kansas City Mosanell field Fort Riley and Kilg field Texas for ceremonies.
Baseball schedule lists Brooklye at St. Louis Boston at Chicago Philadelphia at Cincinnati New York at Pittsburgh in a busy lineup with four games noted in day’s action.
The American League results show Chicago 3 New York 2 and Washington 11 Detroit 1 in yesterday's games. Chicago and New York split a tight matchup while Washington routed Detroit behind strong hitting and pitching.
The scrambled OCR reads Tuies 12 Denver 2 and St. Joseph 14 0 as Oklahoma City 14 2 Oraha 3 5 and Wichita minus five Des Moines 7 1. The text lists scores and team names with uneven formatting.
Texas League results list several games with team names including San Antonio win over Dalles 7 6 and Wichita Falls 10 Houston 0. Beaumont improves to 16 9 while Shreveport stands 11 2. Wort Worth edged Galveston 5 0.
Fragmentary OCR data shows inconsistent team records and city names such as Columbus Milwaukee Minneapolis and Toledo with various win loss tallies. Missing context prevents full reconstruction of the event or standings.
Oakland 9 2 leads over Los Angeles 3 4. Salt Lake City 19 16 and Portland 3 6 tie with Seattle 3 8 in regional showings.
More than 100000 spectators expected as 54 nations compete in 138 events. A tennis stadium and athlete village rise in Paris while funding lags. Col Milles attends an Amateur Federation meeting as tryouts await Franklin Field and Harvard Stadium offers. the American team sails June 4.
Two years ago Goldie Rapp joined the Giants from the American league to make a splash. He impressed at training camp but fizzled once the season started and was traded to the Phillies. Now the Phillies released him back to the minors as another dream fades and lacrosse and golf notes appear.
Luis Angel Firpo, the Argentine challenger, requests postponing the September 14 title fight with Jack Dempsey in New York to next year to allow more travel and exposure to American fighters. He arrived in Omaha to train for a July 30 bout with Homer Smith, saying Smith is a dangerous opponent and he will take no chances.
The piece highlights rapid development of golf in the United States noting St Andrews above Yonkers where a six hole course opened in 1897. John Reid is credited as a leading founder while the first clubhouse was a table and two ice water tubes. Early facilities evolved to tents then upscale venues with lawns verandas and professionals.
The Chasemen defeated the M.P. team twice in a day as large crowds watched two high spirited games. Both contests featured sharp play and many breaks with a notable scoring parity in the afternoon clash.
Paddy Mullins the manager of Harry Wills says he will protest to the state athletic commission against the Dempsey Firpo fight set for September 14. He argues the match dodges a promised challenge to Wills and asserts Wills is the rightful challenger to the champion.
Minneap olis reporter notes Smith W Brookhart, Iowa senator, declaring that unequal economic system forces the brecks to Congress in an address to Trades and Labor assembly members. Dusseldorf reports Major Zormach and Lieutenants Keller Knut, former Essen police, sentenced to death by a French court martial for espionage.
The piece recalls Tommy Burns, a thoroughbred jockey, with his father once the premier rider of American racing and his mother linked to a famed rider. Young Tommy shows promise by placing high in major events, while George Owen is mentioned in a passing note as leaving Her ward. Harvard mourns the loss of a valued member.
A flu wave slows the season of two year olds with Sam Hildreth and Ran cocay stables reporting heavy losses this year. Trainers say recovery will take several weeks as budding stars regain form and natural ability after the epidemic.
Charley White and Carl Tremain are among the hardest hitters in their class but unlikely title contenders. Both suffer from similar flaws with quick thinking under pressure and discouragement when facing tough battles.
In Paris the British beat the French 69 to 42 in the annual athletic competition. In New Jersey South Orange doubles saw J J Anderson and J B Hawkes defeat W A Eckland and Bowie Dietrick of Hawaii in straight sets 6 0 8 6 5. In New York Robert Kinsey of California reclaimed the metropolitan singles tennis title by defeating Clarence Peck Griffin 6 3 6 1 13 9.
The Cologne Gazette reports Belgian forces have extended their occupation to Ho aterhausen and occupy Herevet Dorsten on the Lippe river.
Mexico City reports confirm Robert A. Newman was kidnapped in Du Rangо last April and later killed. General Eulogio Bortiz states Newman was English, not American.
Nineteen riders began the first sixty mile leg at the Broadmoor as Colorado Springs and Denver compete with the U S army in entries. The winner earns 609 dollars plus trophies from the Arabian Horse Club, the Horse Association of America and the Morgan Horse Club. Three entries scratched. five days total 260 miles with a points scoring system to judge the best suited mount.
Promoters and analysts argue that delaying Dempsey’s next bout improves his title chances. Firpo is viewed as peak or past peak, with Wills seen as regressing, making future clashes with Dempsey or a possible Dempsey vs Gibbons bout a topic of interest among boxing observers.
In the Superior Court of Pima County Arizona executors S S L Kingan and Colin Cameron Jr seek permission to sell part of the estate of Alice F Cameron deceased to cover debts expenses and administration costs. The court orders all interested parties to appear August 6 1932 at 9 40 AM in Tucson to show cause why an order to sell should not be granted. Publication to follow in Tucson Citizen for four weeks.
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