nˈuːhɔːsɚ dᵻfˈiːɾᵻd nˈaɪn fˈaɪnəlˌɪsts ˌɔn stˈeɪdʒ, hˌuː hɐdbɪn wˈɪɾəld dˌaʊn fɹʌm ɐpɹˈɑːksɪmətli tˈuː mˈɪliən skˈuːltʃɪldɹən, tə wˈɪn ðə fˈɜːst ˈɛvɚ nˈæʃənəl spˈɛlɪŋ bˈiː, hˈɛld ɪn wˈɑːʃɪŋtən dˈiː.sˈiː. ɪn dʒˈuːn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti fˈaɪv.
Neuhauser defeated nine finalists on stage, who had been whittled down from approximately two million schoolchildren, to win the first ever National Spelling Bee, held in Washington D.C. in June 1925.