Champion Almost in Accident When He Leaves For N. Y.
The world's heavyweight title holder left Philadelphia for New York, after the taxi carrying him to the station skidded 20 feet on a slippery street near City Hall Plaza and came close to striking a trolley car.
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—(AP)—Waving farewell to a large crowd, Gene Tunney, world's heavyweight title holder, left Philadelphia for New York today.
The taxi that took the champion to the station had a narrow escape from accident. As it swung around City Hall Plaza it skidded 20 feet on the slippery street and almost struck a trolley car.
A thousand persons, including several score marines, were attracted to the station by Tunney's arrival. One of the sea soldiers seized Gene's hand and the champion squeezed it and said. "Atta boy, leather neck; that's a fine uniform you have on."
"You helped it along a lot in the last few days," proudly replied the marine.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Champion Almost in Accident When He Leaves For N. Y.
The world's heavyweight title holder left Philadelphia for New York, after the taxi carrying him to the station skidded 20 feet on a slippery street near City Hall Plaza and came close to striking a trolley car.
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—(AP)—Waving farewell to a large crowd, Gene Tunney, world's heavyweight title holder, left Philadelphia for New York today.
The taxi that took the champion to the station had a narrow escape from accident. As it swung around City Hall Plaza it skidded 20 feet on the slippery street and almost struck a trolley car.
A thousand persons, including several score marines, were attracted to the station by Tunney's arrival. One of the sea soldiers seized Gene's hand and the champion squeezed it and said. "Atta boy, leather neck; that's a fine uniform you have on."
"You helped it along a lot in the last few days," proudly replied the marine.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Champion Almost in Accident When He Leaves For N. Y.
The world's heavyweight title holder left Philadelphia for New York, after the taxi carrying him to the station skidded 20 feet on a slippery street near City Hall Plaza and came close to striking a trolley car.
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—(AP)—Waving farewell to a large crowd, Gene Tunney, world's heavyweight title holder, left Philadelphia for New York today.
The taxi that took the champion to the station had a narrow escape from accident. As it swung around City Hall Plaza it skidded 20 feet on the slippery street and almost struck a trolley car.
A thousand persons, including several score marines, were attracted to the station by Tunney's arrival. One of the sea soldiers seized Gene's hand and the champion squeezed it and said. "Atta boy, leather neck; that's a fine uniform you have on."
"You helped it along a lot in the last few days," proudly replied the marine.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Champion Almost in Accident When He Leaves For N. Y.
The world's heavyweight title holder left Philadelphia for New York, after the taxi carrying him to the station skidded 20 feet on a slippery street near City Hall Plaza and came close to striking a trolley car.
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—(AP)—Waving farewell to a large crowd, Gene Tunney, world's heavyweight title holder, left Philadelphia for New York today.
The taxi that took the champion to the station had a narrow escape from accident. As it swung around City Hall Plaza it skidded 20 feet on the slippery street and almost struck a trolley car.
A thousand persons, including several score marines, were attracted to the station by Tunney's arrival. One of the sea soldiers seized Gene's hand and the champion squeezed it and said. "Atta boy, leather neck; that's a fine uniform you have on."
"You helped it along a lot in the last few days," proudly replied the marine.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Champion Almost in Accident When He Leaves For N. Y.
The world's heavyweight title holder left Philadelphia for New York, after the taxi carrying him to the station skidded 20 feet on a slippery street near City Hall Plaza and came close to striking a trolley car.
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—(AP)—Waving farewell to a large crowd, Gene Tunney, world's heavyweight title holder, left Philadelphia for New York today.
The taxi that took the champion to the station had a narrow escape from accident. As it swung around City Hall Plaza it skidded 20 feet on the slippery street and almost struck a trolley car.
A thousand persons, including several score marines, were attracted to the station by Tunney's arrival. One of the sea soldiers seized Gene's hand and the champion squeezed it and said. "Atta boy, leather neck; that's a fine uniform you have on."
"You helped it along a lot in the last few days," proudly replied the marine.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, September 25, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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September 30, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.
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