Willard Firpo bout negotiations hit rocky road
International News Sports Editor Davis J Walsh reports Luis Angel Firpo is in danger of losing the proposed bout with Jess Willard and his trainer Jimmy De Forrest due to disputed percentages of gross receipts and escalating demands. Negotiations stall as Rickard offers Willard 40 percent, Firpo pushes for more. De Forrest breach sparks a potential split.
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Enternational News
New York
Luis Angel Firpo
Jess Willard
Jimmy DeForreet
Willard
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Firpo
Jess
de Forrest
Yakima W C T U Protests Fight On July Fourth
Yakima W C T U protests the Dempsey Gibbons bout set for July 4 in Snelby Montana. The group asks the Montana org to use influence to prevent the fight and urges the Yakima ministerial association to protest to Montana's governor.
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Yakima
Associated Press
Wash
Snelby
Mont
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Tommy Gibbons
Frances Willard Union
Montana
Thea
Dempsey
Great Falls
International News Wire
Rotary
Kiwanis
Merchants’ Association
Grand Opera House
St. Thomas Orphanage
Powers
Coe Seeks Final Conference Win Over Beloit Nine
Cedar Rapids May 23 Coe baseball aims to seal the Midwest title with a win over Beloit. The undefeated Hohaewk squad already owns six straight conference victories and faces its final hurdle as seniors Collins Sutherland and Skinner end their Coe careers. Coach Carrithers roster includes Strong Rush Vernimont Sweeney Luhring Pence infield and Collins Johnston Skinner in the outfield.
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Coe
Beloit
Hohaewk
Carleton
Lawrence
Carrithers
Vernimont
Seatch
Sweeney
Sutherland
Luhrinog
Pence
Collins
Johnston
Skinner
Roston Red Sox Sold to Trio of Columbus Men
Three Columbus men will take possession in October after the season end EB. Schoen shorn P. K. Winslow and Dr. Robert B. Drury announce the purchase arriving from Chicago. The trio formerly had stakes in the Columbus American Association club. The deal was disclosed in Rost on today.
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Roston Red Sox
Trio OF Columbus
Columbus
If. Schoenshorn
P. K. Winslow
Robert B. Drury
Columbus American Association Club
Mr. Winslow
de Drury
Chicare
Comic Strip in Type J McEvoy A Radio Debate Preview
Wayne B Wheeler and Ransom H Gillet join a WEAF broadcast to debate the Prohibition Amendment tomorrow at 8 PM. The noisy excerpt shows playful snippets and comic interjections amid station chatter and program notes.
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J. P. McEvoy
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Ransom H. Gillet
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
WEAF
George Spivak
Sam
Alabam
Joseph A. Plunket
Johnnia
Gertie Grasshopper
Johnnie Anteater
Brrr-Rr-Rt
Blump
Zing
Associated Editors
Simpson Bowl to Tutor Ball Team in Close 5 4 Win
Iowa State Teachers College baseball edged Simpson 5 to 4 in Cedar Falls yesterday afternoon. Hoffman hit a ninth inning home run to prevent extras. batteries were Simpson Sterling Morser and Burtchell versus Teachers Hoffman and Ramsdell.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Simpson
Hoffman
Rhe Simpson
Korooziloi
Sterling
Morser
Burtchell
Ramsdell
Plans Completed for Oelwein Ball Tourney
Nine high schools enter the northeast Iowa high school invitation baseball tournament to be held in Oelwein on Saturday. A large trophy will be awarded to the winner. Clermont high, defeated by Cherokee by a single score at the Ames meet, is among the entrants along with Hawkeye Volga City Postville Hazleton Stanley New Hampton West Union and Oelwein.
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Oelwein
Ila
Strangler Lewis Wins One Fall After 99 Minute Battle
California wrestler Strangler Lewis retained the world heavyweight title by defeating Stanislaus Zbyszko of Poland in Minneapolis after 99 minutes and one fall secured by a head lock. The match was held under an agreement that the winner of one fall would take the title if no fall occurred within 90 minutes. Zbyszko, at 44, showed stamina defending against multiple headlocks before defeat. Meanwhile, in Des Moines, Zbyszko was set to meet Jack Brissler in a 75 minute match with a 1000 dollar stake, with the Pole required to throw Brissler twice or forfeit the purse.
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Minn
Strangler) Lewis
California
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Poland
Lewis
Althe
Zbyszko
Des Moines
Stanislaug Zbyszko
Wreatier
Jack Brissler
Linden
Brissler
Briaster
Canyon of the Fowls at Rialto and Fascination at Waterloo
The theatre page highlights Canyon of the Fowls described as a strong swift western drama at the Rialto Theatre with brisk action and romance. Also listed is Fascination at the Waterloo Theatre starring Mac Murray as a child of a Spanish father and American mother with most scenes in Spain.
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Marey
Hialto Theatre
Rialto Theatre
Waterloo Theatre
Mac Murray
Spain
Edmund Goulding
Tvitany
Robert, Veonard
Miss Murray
Lelen Ware
Courtenay Foote
Crolgston Hale
Vincent Coleman
Emily Viteroy
Lost Ships at Crystal Theatre Features Nilsson and Long
Anna Q Nilsson and Frank Campou and Walter Long star in Th Isty of Lost Ships a First National attraction shown at Crystal Theatre Maurien Tour- Reur staff hosts premiere. Nilsson plays the paupered daughter of a millionaire and displays notable versatility as the screen saga unfolds.
Eight Iowa Teams Enter National Inter scholastic Meet
Eight Iowa high schools Cedar Rapids Eagle Grove Grinnell Sioux City Hawarden Missouri Valley Perry and Fort Madison are entered for the national interscholastic track and field meet at the University of Chicago Friday and Saturday. Cedar Rapids won first place in last year's national meet here.
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Chicago
Iowa
University of Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Eagle Grove
Grinnell
Sioux City
Hawarden
Missouri Valley
Perry
Fort Madison
Surgaese Bea at Crystal and Go Getter at Strand
A packed bill at Crystal Theatre presents never before seen photoplays featuring The Surgaese Bea and The Go Getter. Tom Mix and Constance Talmadge star in The Honeymoon a comedy drama at Palace while Will Rogers leads The Ropin Fool at Strand Theatre with Leena Owen in a leading feminine role and a staged incident involving a Curtiss plane.
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Tom Mix
Constance Talmadge
Valach Theatre
Leena Owen
T. Roy Barnes
Will Rogers
Strand Theatre
Hawkeye
Waterloo Woman's Club
University of Illinois Beats Ohio State 4 2 In Tennis
Urbana Illinois University of Illinois tennis team defeats Ohio State 4 2 on home courts. Erminio Spalla, Italian boxing champion, claimed European heavyweight title with ask to aim for world crown. Bloomington Illinois A B Wimberly Wesleyan athletic director resigns to coach Washington University. St Louis Long Island City Jack Renault of Canada knocks out Joe Lohman in Toledo sixth round.
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Erminio Spalla
Europe
Bloomington
A. B. Wimberly
Minois Wesleyan University
Washington University
St. Louis
Long Island City
Iack Renault
Canada
Joe Lohman
Toledo
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