Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-09

I Boston. July 7.-Pancho Villa,
worlds champion nyweight boxer, q
and Abe Friedman, New England
bantamweight. have been matched
for 10-round bout here July %,
it was announced today. They are
to fight at us pounds.
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh. July Z.
Frankie Genaro OF New York,
American fiyweight champion, won
the newspaper decision on points in
the 10-round main bout of the Mill.
and Ice Fund boxing show Saturday,
defeating Tony Norman. OF Pitts Z
burg. Genaro weighed Ill IL
pounds and Norman Ia pounds.
North Randall, Cleveland. o.. July
7.-(By A. P.).-Pacing the fastest
mile of the season and setting a new
record for the event on this track.
Margaret Dillon, driven by Thomas
Murphy Syracuse, n. Y, repeated .
her victory at the last August meet !,
ing here in the free-for-all pace to-
day, the feature of the getaway
Grand Circuit card here. Single c..
the 13-year-old PAGER, finished
scant neck behind in this mile after
| getting'away to bad start and WIS.
! the victim of an accident in the
! third heat when he got his foot
| caught in the wheel of John Henry's
= sulky and went down. Neither the
! aged horse nor Ed Nilen. his driver,
was injured. The fastest miles fea- =
! tured the days racing. The first
! heat was the fastest raced by har-.
| ness racers this season. In stepping
/ it in 1.59 % and the second mile e
! in 2.02 %. Margaret Dillon raced
| the two fastest miles of the year. ~
| The Qualifying Round of the
| Presidents Cup Match was played
! Saturday afternoon at the Portland
| Country Club and brought out field
| of 81 entries, a number ;omewhat
! smaller than was expected, but re-
| duced somewhat by the threatening
! skies of early afternoon. The Win =
| ner of the first prize for low net
score was way below the next near
1 est man, David Gray, who had a net
| n. The third low net was George.
! Wallace, who shot an so, rather for.
tunately for him and for the tourna-
ment committee, who would have
had tie among foyr players at ST.
to get played off had not Wallace,
sunk his last putt. So these three
! PLAYERS won the prizes of a leather
i and brass chaste, chased ash res
| ceiver. respectively. as their several
rewards for propelling the pill pow 4,
erfully DER the course. ~.
Lewiston, July Timely hitting.
enabled the Star TaXis to win easily :
113 from the Twin Towns Saturday,
Jack Spratt was invincible after the,
fifth and the seven hits scored off
him were well scattered. Mynahan~
connected for home run in the.
first inning when the ball got by
Wilson. The visiting second base
man also laced out a double In his
next trip to the plate. Comerford's
batting and fielding and fine run
ming catch by Perry Of Matthews
foul in tn; third were other features.
Oldtown. July THE crack East
Millinocket team on its first down.
state invasion of the season, beat
Oldtown A. A. 10 to 3 Saturday aft
ernoon, but met with more opposi-
ton than tie score would seem to
indicate. Oldtown was in the lead
for seven innings, the paper milf
men being unable to find Powell eff
fectively when hits meant runs and
having many stranded on bases,
Powell climbing out # deep holes in
nearly every inning backed by some
classy support, while Oldtown made
the best of the few hits off Jones.
the Georgetown Ace. In the ninth,
East Millinocket tore in with a ter
rife batting bombardment. Two
home runs, a triple and three sim
giles which Melted seven runs. Sill
yer. new Oldtown man from
Springfield. Mass, was the sensation
of the game at shortstop.
Dixfeld. July HAIRY Lord, for,
mer major Lacquer and manager OF
the local team, staged a comeback
when playing third base for DfXfeld
here Saturday, and proved to be one
of the stars in the game with the
Worumbo Mills team of Lisbon Falls
which the visitors won 8 to 1. Lord
made one putout and four assists
without an error, and his sacrifice fly
in the second scored NecdlemaH from
third for. Dixfield's only counter,
McGouldrick won a pachers' duel and
lalso his own game by polling out q
long hit that drove in Dubal and
Whittier after mclaughlin had
scored Iisbons first run on squeeze
play. Tetreault's triple was the
feature of the game.
. Henley Thames. July 7-(By Az
Pm. X. Morris % London won the
: Diamond Sculls championship Saturs.
day, defeating d. H. l.. Gollan, the
deaf and dumb sculler. in the final
, heat. 1t was a gruelling race and
after passing the line. Morris coz
lapsed and fell into the Thames. He
: was quickly picked. up by motor
, launch and casricd to the bank. The
, winners time was eight minutes, %
|, seconds.
, Chicago. July THE actual motion
pictures of the Dempsey Gibbons To-
round boxing bout at Shelby, July 4.
are now at Los Angeles. according to
informat ton obtained by the Depart :.
ment of Justice agents. who nave
watched for the films here, it vas
learned Saturday.