Dempsey An Energy One In Old Days
William Harrison Dempsey, new world heavyweight champion, drew publicity comparable to President Wilson. His Salt Lake City home and Provo farm were photographed for animated weeklies and lore of his rise from a shy kid in Provo to boxing idol. Stories recount a rough start, a knockout tendencies, and a farm worker turning point at Billy Williams’s vineyard incident.
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William Harrison Dempsey
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Dempsey
Salt Lake City
Provo
Salt Lake
Jack Dempsey
Garden City
Billy Williams
Jack
Williams
Struck Out, Scored Home Ren In Texas Bat Trick
A peculiar baseball incident in Texas features a batter who covered in tar wins a home run. With two strikes on him the bat stuck to the ball, the umpire ruled him out then the batter ran the bases in full view and returned the bat for the umpire to declare a home run.
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Texas
Dempsey bootblack tale and boxing glare of the era
The piece recounts a Salt Lake barber recalling youthful Dempsey days, a bootblack at Boschard’s shop who swept floors and once got kicked into the street. It notes Dempsey’s bouts with local boxers from Salt Lake and Provo and hints they seek managers and trainers to keep the sport exciting for the new champion.
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National League
New York
Cinginnat
Univago
Brooklyn
Pittsboro
Boston
Dempsey
Willard Sr
Louis AD
Philadelpha
William Boshard
Salt Lake
Boschard
Jack Dempey
Provo
Athletics Prove White Elephants for Connie Mack
Time is proving John McGraw to be a prophet as Connie Mack built the Philadelphia Athletics into champions. McGraw once called Mack’s venture a white elephant, a view proven wrong by pennants and World Seriess under Mack. Yet losses mount and retirement rumors circle as the team remains tied to the white elephant emblem at Shibe Park.
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John McGraw
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Woat Mack
McGraw
Phillies
Quakertown
Athletics
Mack
Mackmen
Connie
Shite Park
Gas Engine CIB Beats Ben Hur Saturday at Byrnes Park
The Waterloo Gas Engine club defeated the Ben Hur club 3 to 2 Saturday afternoon at Byrnes Park. The Gas Engine team, recently organized, drew stars from several summer clubs and played steady baseball. The Tribers lost in the seventh after Gooding mishandled a grounder, allowing the Gassers to score the winning run.
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Ben Hur Cluh
Waterloo Gas Engine Club
Byrnes Park
Gas Engine Club
Tribers
Gooding
Gassers
Batter ies and line scores from multiple games cited
Oddly formatted box score style notes several baseball matchups with battery pairings. Teams mentioned include St Louis, Cincinnati, New York, Boston and Brooklyn with listed pitchers catchers. scores show mixed innings and final tallies, but the OCR lacks full context for exact dates or game details.
Baseball Roundup from the Major Leagues and Minor Circuits
Yesterday's scores feature American League results with Chicago and Cleveland games noted, plus Washington and Philadelphia show totals. Minor leagues report Toledo Milwaukee Columbus Paul St Paul Evansville Bloomington and other standings, with several scheduled Tuesday games listed for the National and American Leagues.
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Chicago
Lev Alan
Detroit
New York
St Luis
Bostouna
Azat Washington
Philadelphia
Bloomington
Evansville
Borkford
Terre Haute
Paul
Hinana
Lawisville
Columbus
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Rhie St Louis
TSN Cig
Chikago
Wellman and Sereried
Williams and Lynn
Cleveland
Oland and
Arnemuth
Mays
Washington
Aanerican Association
Yoledo
Gf. S
Tetre Main
Mel Evansville
LL Isnings
Innetkiord
Omaha
Sioux City
Wilde Will Accept Seat in Parliament
London dispatch says Jimmy Wilde the boxer, already a national hero, will likely accept a parliamentary seat from a Welsh constituency, a move seen as significant in national politics, with Lloyd George as a close comparison.
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Wilde
London
The
Manchester Guardian
Jimmy Wilde
Pugilist
Iobbies
Lloyd George
All Eyes On Reds Peppy Boss In Managerial Move
Pat Moran, famed for guiding the Phillies to its first pennant, now leads the Cincinnati Reds as manager. He reshapes a club of cast offs into a potential championship, developing young pitchers like Ruether and Eller, while noting Reds lack of early career Reds starters and reliance on ex players from other clubs.
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Philadelphia
Pat Moran
Philadelphia Nations League
Cincinnati Reds
Leretofere
Phillies
Cincinnati
Meaiber
Pal
Ruether
Eller
Reds
Clas
Roush
Groh
Daubert
Wingo
Sherwood Magee
Rube Bressler
Sohn McGraw
Hank Gowdy
Gowdy
Dallas
Cincinnati team leans on ex-America League players
Most members of the Cincinnati squad feature former American League players, giving the lineup a strong hold from past AL careers. This blend highlights the club’s strategy of leveraging seasoned major league experience.
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Cincinnati
Ben Hur Nips Yeomen in Rain-Delayed Cedar River Game
The Ben Hur club beat Yeomen 11 to 2 on the Cedar River diamond after a shower halted play in the sixth. Clausen struck out eight, Tagell fanned four, and Ben Hur piled up two two-baggers by Deihlers and three three-baggers by Bitch. An amused crowd watched as three double plays sparked the rout and Ben Hur prepared to face Moose next.
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Cedar River
Ben Hurs
Ben Hur
Tagell
Yeomen
Deihlers
Thompson
Bitch
Clausen
Yeoman
Hurs
Nh. Ale
Tageil
Guilford
Rain halts Moose Telephoners game at Byrnes Park
A heavy rain stopped the Moose Telephoners versus Phoners game in the third inning at Byrnes Park with the score tied 1. Claus pitched well for Moose and Moeller for Phoners, both in good form and expected to duel again next Sunday.
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Byrnes Park
Moose-Telephoners
Claus
Moose
Moeller
Golf Matches on Mexican Courses Full of Dangers
A colorful accounts mix baseball trades and golf adventures in Mexico. It recounts Dave Robertson joining Mitchell's Cub troupe in Norfolk after a White Sox Giant series, plus revolutions souring golf at Mexico Country Club. Anecdotes cover a siege of a course, an English player ignoring bullets to finish a putt, and Billy Evans bottle incident in Cleveland.
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Dave Robertson
White Sox
Mitchell
Cub
Dickering
Norfolk
Bill Veeck
Bruins
Robertson
Giants
Phil Douglas
Veeck
New York
McGraw
Mexico City
Willie Smith
Ray C. van Arsdale
Boston
American Aviation Service
van Arsdale
Mexico
Mexico Country Club
Andrew Kirkaldy
Billy Evans
Cleveland
Evans
Folger
League Park Police
Nalin
Boxing prospects name opponents for a heavyweight bout
Sport spotter notes that the Willard Dempsey fight was not the first 13 round title match with officials. It mentions Jim Coffey as a possible challenger in America, and lists possible foes Bombardier Wells Joe Beckett and Georges Carpentier for future bouts.
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Jim Coffey
America
Futton
Rochester
Bombardier Wells
Joe Beckett
Georges Carpentier
Hasbeentown echoes of bygone baseball stars in prose
Former era names and ballplayers are recalled in a poet like piece titled Bulldem Rhymes. George J Moriarty caricatures a gathering in Hasbeentown where faded greats from Tinker to Gowdy mingle with old memories. The piece moves through boxing reform notes and notes on players and managers while touching on current Iowa boxing protections and Oklahoma City baseball leadership change.
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George J. Moriarty
Ballyard
Greams
Hasbeen- Town
Auld Lang’ Syne
Hans Warner
Bob Wallace
Tommy Leach
Littlebird
Larry
Naps
Cleveland
Jbinec
Christy Math
Jewsen
Hime
Joe Tinker
Evers
Chance
King
Sam Crawford
Walsh
Lesson No 1 in column conduct from a bored writer
A dismissive mock guide on starting a newspaper column. The author riffs on reader contributions and bad sample topics such as Kosmanites nudity and boxing, joking that any odd note will do and editors love easy columns. The piece ends noting that people will say anything and no one cares.
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New York City
J Village
Kosmaniis
Stecher Insists On Big Guarantee For Pesek Bout
Lincoln promoter Charles N. Moon abandons efforts to book Joe Stecher against Pesek for the state fair in Lincoln. Stecher demands a $10,000 guarantee with a percentage, Pesek and manager Slattery insist on a percentage and no guarantee. Moon pivots to a Pesek versus Strangler Lewis clash during the fair, while Strangler Lewis is in California awaiting a possible offer to meet Pesek.
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Neb
Joe Stecher
John Pesek
Nebraska
Charles N. Moon
Stecher
Moon
Dodge Pride
Buffalo County
Strangler Lewis
Pesek
Dodge Boy
Slattery
Stecher-Lewis
Omaha
Gaddock
France
Caddock
Strangler
Pesek-Stecher
Lewis
Kentuckian
California
Fair Grounds
White Gets Bout With Lew Tendler In Philadelphia
Charley White of Chicago is matched to meet Lew Tendler of Philadelphia in a six round bout in Philadelphia on the evening of August 4. White has been beaten often in recent starts but will draw $1,250 for the six rounds. The notice ends with a miscoded aside and a lost ad plea for the Courier.
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Charley White
Chicago
Lew, Tendler
Philadelphia
Philly
White
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