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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1923
Page
5
The article previews the anticipated rematch between heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and Argentine challenger Luis Firpo on September 14. It highlights Firpo as a wild, powerful contender from Argentina and notes Dempsey’s status as the reigning king, with both fighters described as built for brutal slugging and little ring science.
In a busy baseball roundup the New York team strengthened their edge by winning two games in a double header while Chicago struggled to score against Pittsburgh. Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 6 to 4 as Mets recruit shortstop sustained facial injury from a foul tip and left the game. The memorial for Adrian Anson is set for next Sunday in Chicago with a quartet including Clark Griffith and Mark Baldwin.
Papyrus, ridden by an unnamed jockey, wins a crowded Derby trial amid injuries and crowding early in the race. The article notes Papyrus heads to the United States and mentions a shipment deal with owner A. K. Mac. It references Westminster's Twelve and historic Derby winners, highlighting Papyrus as a standout figure in turf history.
Turf followers in England discuss a world weight for age six furlongs race featuring Sicyon as four year old giving Epinar d and Mumtaz Mahal as three and two year olds. Debates name Epinard owner Pierre Wertheimer and potential Belmont Park clash on October 26 between Papyrus and top American horses.
Private George D. White of the United States Marine Corps won the National Rifle Association rapid fire championship at Camp Perry. White scored 49 and 59 in the match. Lieutenant Iliam Watson of the United States Infantry placed second with 50 and 49. The aggregate determined the winner on the 290 and 300 yard ranges. Sergeant F. M. Franklin of the Sixth U. S. Engineers won the members match with 5 plus 32 v's. Major J. K. Boles of Ames Iowa and Commander T. Osborne of the United States Navy, along with Sermearit Morris Fisher of the Marine Corps, led the try-out for the international rifle team.
Coast League action listed with team pairings at Sacramento San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Sacramento notes RH Verne and batteries File Alten Zanic Penner Shen Schans. San Francisco Portland pitchers Southerland Daly Hodge Ritchie Yelle. Salt Lake City Oakland Solwell Read Sin Bleten Jenkins.
New York defeats Chicago 2 to 1 and 6 to 3 in a pair of games. Ward triple and score on Schang single in the first, Cvengros and Pennock steady pitching in the second with late runs. Detroit tops Washington 6 to 4 in 12 innings as Dauis shines after third.
Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 6 to 4 in Philadelphia after a string of five runs in the sixth inning. Ring and Grimes pitched well through six innings but were hit hard late as both allowed 13 hits. Phillies shortstop Metz was struck in the face by a foul ball and had to leave the game.
Lois Angel Firpo's potential win over Jack Dempsey is praised for boosting boxing's profile across South America. The piece notes his impact on youth sports, the wider Latin American sports movement, and hopes that Argentina and other nations rally behind a regional champion, regardless of the match outcome.
St Louis visits Philadelphia while Detroit plays Washington. Chicago hosts New York and Cleveland travels to Boston. Cincinnati visits Chicago as Brooklyn plays Pittsburgh. Vernon meets Sacramento, Oakland faces Salt Lake, Portland plays San Francisco, and Seattle meets Los Angeles.
Pasadena report says Maz Behr a noted golfer and golf course architect and former editor of a magazine and scenario writer was fined after a quarrel in California. Details are scarce in the fragment.
Packed with pre fight plans, Jack Dempsey deserts his Saratoga cottage to move toward Albany and then New York where he defends the world heavyweight title against Luis Angel Firpo. He travels with Mike Try, Joe Benjamin, Jerry Luvadis, Johnny Dempsey, and manager Kearns. Dempsey vows luck on the thirteenth while seeking seclusion and a fresh look for the ring.
San Francisco reports welterweights Joe Monahan and Bobby Allen both knocked each other down in four slashing rounds. Oakland notes Ray Pesky edged Young Fisher in a four round lightweight bout with nine knockdowns in the third. Seattle records Tod Morgan and Dandy Dillon drawing after six rounds with referee attention to Dillon’s fourth round work.
Francis T. Heater of New Rochelle upset Vincent Richards in five sets to advance to the fourth round of the town tennis singles championship at Germantown Cricket. William Tilden Jr and William Johns won their matches in straight sets. Manuel Alouze eliminated Jacques Brignon as foreign entries advanced. The article also notes a separate police court fine for intoxication and a report of a dispute near Mary Miles Minter’s residence.
Lois Angel Firpo sits in a sixth floor uptown apartment as he prepares for the heavyweight title bout with Jack Dempsey Friday night. Trainers have built Firpo up in three weeks of Atlantic City work, with Horatio Lavalle Carlos Vega and Hugh Gartland likely in his corner.
Lu ia Angel Firpo arrives in New York as ticket sales for the Dempsey Firpo heavyweight title bout surge toward 1.3 million dollars. Dempsey rests in Saratoga Springs awaiting the weigh in at state athletics headquarters with fans and officials converging on the city.
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