Dempsey Carpentier Fight Training Buildup
Atlantic City reports Dempsey resumes hard training after a four day layoff with two weeks until the windup. Sparring partners, save Ghee, recover. Burke to undergo operation. Carpentier plans camp stay near George's corner, with Des camps and Gans. Arena construction advances for July 2 bout, seating 60,060 at $250,060 cost. ring built to exacting specs.
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Local Nine Pries Off Lid June 26with Mason City
Mason City's baseball team will host Waterloo Independent Baseball on the Cedar River park diamond June 2, per R L Britson manager of the local nine. Britson also announced a June 29 game with the Chicago Union Giants and talks for a July 4 clash. B C Metcalfe elected treasurer. field captain to be chosen later.
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Dempsey Carpentier Fight Gate Set to Break Records
New York on June 16 reports the Dempsey Carpentier world championship bout at Jersey City on July 2 will draw the greatest gate in sport history. Promoter Tex Rickard says seat sales reached 6500000, with $50 pasteboards exhausted and general admission to go on sale July 2. Estimates put attendance around 65,000 and receipts near $1,000,000, eclipsing Willard Dempsey and other major events. The piece traces Rickard’s rise from 1906 to this million-dollar milestone and cites past bouts with Johnson Burns and Willard as records leading to Jersey City.
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Tommy Burns
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Giants Triumph In Twelve Inning Defeat Of Cubs
New York defeated Chicago 6 to 2 in twelve innings in the hardest fought game of the season. Vaughn pitched well until the twelfth when the Giants rallied with five hits to clinch it. Flack homered for Chicago, but defensive errors aided New York's late surge.
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Clues Yesterday Results From American Association Standings
Yesterday’s American Association results show St. Paul 6 3 over Louisville 2 30 and Interpolis 8 over IndianapolisKansas City 16 5 with Toledo 5 and Milwaukee 7 3 and Columbus 3.
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Waterloo Firemen Open Season With New Uniforms
The Waterloo firemen's baseball team announces the start of their season next Sunday against Dysart. New khaki trousers and caps with white shirts will be worn, and a team member notes they have everything except a string of victories.
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Dysart
Dempsey and Carpentier Head Into Toughest Training Phase
Atlantic City June 16 Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier begin the hardest part of their camp. Both have trained too hard and too early, with Dempsey showing edge yet focused on the coming bout while Carpentier faces a monotonous wait and mounting pressure.
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
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Georges Carpentier
Dempsey
Carpentier
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Hhis
Jack
Charlie Mitchell
Sullivan
Jim Jeffries
Johnson
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Who'll Win? OLeary weighs in on Dempsey Carpentier bout
Chicago June 16 United Press reports Jim OLeary a famed sportsman weighs in on the Dempsey Carpentier fight. He says Dempsey is favored but Carpentier has two good hands legs and head. He expects a running fight with Carpentier avoiding Dempsey and possibly the bout going to the limit.
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United Press
Chicago
Jim” O'Leary
Dempsey
Carpentier
Corbett
Sullivan
Waterloo Lad Knocks Out Redskins in Ninth Round
Sioux Falls report details Cootie Kelly of Waterloo scoring a dramatic ninth round knockout of Jim Dempsey in a nautical style contest. Kelly shifted momentum after early Dempsey dominance, sending the opponent to the mat twice in the sixth and again in the ninth to seal a decisive victory.
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Redskins
Sioux Falls
Cootie’ Kelly
Waterloo
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Kelly
Dempsey
Plans Form National Billiard Association
In New York plans to form a national billiard association were tentatively adopted at a meeting of pros and amateurs. Boston reports Jose Ray of the Illinois Athletic Club as a national amateur champion who won a one mile run in Harvard stadium in about four minutes.30 seconds. Baltimore tied the world record for consecutive victories with 23 straight wins. Chicago reports 71 colleges entered for the national collegiate track and field meet. Johnny Dundee won a lightweight decision over Jimmy Hanlon in a 12 round bout. Early France outpointed Clonie Tait in 15 rounds for the Pacific coast light weight claim.
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Palm Beach Suite Cleaned and Pressed for One Dollar
Waterloo Laundry Co advertisement notes a Palm Beach suite cleaning and pressing service offered at a price of one dollar.
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Waterloo Laundry Co
Ruth and McHenry Homer Leaders in Mixed Week Baseball
This time last year Ruth hit his nineteenth homerun off Lefty Williams in Chicago. McHenry contributed the lone run in the St. Louis Philadelphia game. Atlanta locked gates as Little Rock players refused to face them in an earlier confrontation.
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Fancy Fielding Gives Sox Game
New York June 16 The White Sox aided by Kerrs great pitching and timely hitting defeated the Yankees 7 to 2. The Sox executed three double plays. Collins and Mulligan led the visitors with three hits each. Score Chicago 7 New York 2. Kerr and Collins figure prominently in the defense and offense.
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Local Boxing Carnival Features Waterloo Fighters
New Hampton hosts a boxing carnival with three Waterloo participants. Joe Knipp and Clifford Knode meet in a close bout, Hinode impresses early in a rising light. Jimmie Bovard of Mason City wins a tight six rounder over Bob Lacey, while Jimmy Potts of Minneapolis stops Johnny Herman in the sixth of a 10 round bout after a strong middle rounds. About 200 local fans attend.
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New Hampton Defeats Oelwein 2 to 1 In Classic Baseball
New Hampton, Ia June 16 New Hampton defeated Oelwein 2 to 1 in a closely contested baseball game witnessed by about 2,000 fans. New Hampton had eight hits and two errors while Oelwein had four hits and one error. Palm Beach suite cleaner and prepped. 31,00. Waterloo Laundry Co.
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Oelwein
Palm Beach
Waterloo Laundry Co
George Duncan in clinic to showcase flawless swing
Readers will see golf legend George Duncan, 38, native of Scotland, visit for exhibitions. He pivots with minimal motion finishing each stroke, displaying calm eyes and precise timing. Duncan, famed since his 1907 Open finish, aims to illustrate a pure, economical swing and mastery of iron play.
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Anylway
Modern Clashes for Heavyweight Fighting Honors
Boxing history recounts Jack Johnson s title win over Tommy Burns on Christmas Day 1908 in Sydney Nova Scotia. Johnson dominated with knockdowns in rounds one and two and delivered a relentless assault causing Burns severe facial injuries before police intervened in the fourteenth round.
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Johnson's humor shines in tough boxing duel
In a 14th round bout at Sydney Johnson teased Burns with smiles and taunts while pressing for victory. The challenger maintained pressure as Burns faltered. police intervened and the referee ruled Johnson the winner, despite Burns' stubborn resistance.
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Loose hurling loses game for Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids on June 16 Mc Cracken pitched six innings with nine passes as Rockford defeated Cedar Rapids 7 5 to 2. Batteries: Lingsby Mc Cracken Manouk r and McCarthy. No other games scheduled.
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