Tunney Confident In Title Defense At Yankee Stadium
Gene Tunney ends long training trail and declares readiness to defend his heavyweight crown against Tom Heeney of Gisborne. He plans to fly to New York Thursday morning after rest day, aiming for a knockout with a stronger right hand and enhanced punching power.
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Home Run Club in American League
Bath and Hauser clash with Gehrig and the Yankees in a feature on star sluggers. Athletes from Blue and Browns highlighted along with notable homerun feats and team rivalries shaping the season.
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Offbeat sports and political quips from a 1930s page
A patchwork of jokes and notes mentions Commander Byrd planning a South Pole trip, penguins, and a bare nightlife. It folds in sports quips about Davis cup, Yankees, Giants, and Horst architecture jabs, plus a boxing result and political musings about presidents and mosquitos in Brule River.
Tribune League Schedule Fixed for Second Half
The Tribune Industrial Baseball league set the second half schedule Tuesday. Fifteen games are listed, each team plays five, with the season ending August 24. Warren County Dairy and the second-half champions meet the first-half winners in a best of five series to determine the title holder.
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National League Standings and Results Snapshot
National League standings and yesterday results show Pittsburgh defeating Brooklyn 2 to 1. Today's schedule lists St. Louis at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh at New York, and Cincinnati at Philadelphia with tomorrow’s games Chicago at Boston and Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
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Baseball Scores and Schedule From Evening Fixtures
Local standings show New York defeating Philadelphia 5 0 and Boston beating New York 8 3. St. Louis routed Cleveland 10 0 while Washington blanked Philadelphia 0. Other games not listed. Upcoming matches include New York at Boston and Washington at St. Louis with Boston at Cleveland and Philadelphia at Chicago.
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Chicago Professionals Battle Royal Headlines City Card
In Chicago heavyweights shuffle Callahan of Chicago Heights defeated Tommy McFarland in a ten round bout. Middleweight Louis La Velle of Indi lame beat Tony Sanders in Chicago. Chicago hosts multiple light and welterweight bouts with Dave Ballatin besting Johnny McIntyre and Jackie of London beating Ted Henry in six and Paul Pantaleo stopping Jack Taylor in one.
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Arrangements Completed for Fite Party Ringside Coverage
The Tribune completed prep arations for Thursday night’s championship bout at Yankee Stadium between Gene Tenney and Tom Heneey. George Cunningham and Lester Nero will announce and broadcast prelims and main bout, with United Press sport writers at ringside. Telegraphed blow by blow coverage will be provided to Warren readers via printer telegraph machines.
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Hammonds Rally to Beat Cadets in Fraternal League
Hammond Tanks rallied with a three run sixth inning to overtake the St. Joe Cadets 5 to 3 at Russell Field. Geitner started the Cadets strong, but timely hits and an error gave Hammond the lead and final win. Cadets threatened in the seventh but could not score. In New York, Leo Lomski won a Judges’ decision over Georgi Semith in ten rounds, while Joe Spatale scored a fifth round technical knockout.
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Ruths August Slump Signals October Comeback
Sports writer Norman E. Brown notes Babe Ruth’s August decline amid the 1919 to 1927 era, detailing month by month homer totals and showing a September rebound. He highlights Ruth’s peak 30-day period with 17 homers in September and 14 in July 1924, observing five October homers over nine seasons as a common late-season pace.
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Prominent Boxers Predict Heeney Over Tunney in Title Match
Opinions from Jeck Dempecy Tunney through Johnny Dundee favor Heeney to retain his title. Prominent figures including Abe Attell Billy McCarney Jack Kearns and Jack Britton back Heeney with varied but confident endorsements. Several others say Heeney has the edge while a few expect a knockout or close contest.
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FusSells Only Six Clouts As Pirates Win
Brooklyn battled Pirates 72 to 1 as Fred Fussell outpitched Doug McWeeny in a low hit duel. Bancroft starred with three hits and drove in the lone Pittsburgh run. The Pirates collected six hits while McWeeny issued four walks and struck out twice over eight innings.
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Heeney Finishes Final Day Of Strenuous Training
Tom Heeney completes the last day of tough preparation with little change in mood. Heeney says the days were monotony and he expects to fight hard for the heavyweight crown after six weeks of training, longer than any prior camp.
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League Champs Meet Newell 9 In Today's Game
Three Tribune Industrial league contests are carded for Russell field this week with games today Wednesday and Friday. Second half opens this evening as Newell Printers and Warren County Dairy clash. Don Zibble may pitch for the Typesetters against Don Brown of the champions. Toronto boxing match reports follow with Frankie Genaro retaining his flyweight title in a 10 round draw with Steve Rocco.
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