Heavyweight Grapple Card Promises Fast Action at Armory
Vic Webber meets Cyclone Mackey in a fast paced main event one fall two out of three with Oscar Aultman facing Rod Fenton in the semi and Lobo Brown against Rex O'Sullivan in the curtain raiser.
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Oscar Aultman
Rod Fenton
Lobo Brown
Rex O'Sullivan
National Guard Armory
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Atlantic Coast
New York
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Cyclone
Mexico
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Armory
Fenton
Dutch Mantell
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Waner on 1935 NL Race From Bobby Jones Course View
Paul Waner of the Pirates talks baseball after golf in Sarasota and predicts a tight National League race. He notes turning points depend on three or four hot pitchers, hitting from Herman, and breaks for teams like the Cubs Giants and Pirates. He questions calls that the Cardinals repeat and defends Joe Medwick against derision.
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United Press
Sarasota
Fla
U.P
Paul Waner
Pirates of Pittsburgh
Horace
Waner
Boston
Brooklyn
Reds
Phillies
Cubs
Giants
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Pirates
Herman
Jimmy Wilson
Casey Stenxel
Dodgers
Parmalee
Joe Medwick
Joe
Soeless
All Star Lineup and the 1927 Yankees Prestige
Joe Jackson discusses an imagined all star team featuring Medwick Hubbell Deans Curt Davis Ott Medwick and others and argues they would not beat the 1927 Yankees whom he respect as a great club saying they dominated and treated rivals as semi pros during the World Series and later.
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Joe Jackson
Medwick
Lopez
Hubbell
Deans
Curt Davis
Philly
Terry
Frisch
Vaughan
Traynor
Ott
Yankees
Caue
United Press
Trinity Back Into League Cage Race
Trinity University beat Austin College 33 to 28 in Waxahachie to rejoin the Texas Conference race. Austin led 17 to 12 at halftime before Trinity rallied with a late spurt, and 40 fouls were called during a rough game.
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Waxahachie
Tex
U.P
Trinity University
Austin College
Trinity
Stephen A Volk Painter Dead in Fryeburg Maine
Stephen A. Douglas Volk, a 79 year old American portrait painter, died at his home in Fryeburg Maine early today. He was renowned for his portraits and contributed to American art for decades.
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Stephen A. Volk
Fryeburg
Stephen A. Douglas Volk
Badgers Face Santa Fe Five At Badger Gym
Amarillo College Badgers meet the Santa Fe Railroaders tonight at 8 in Badger Gymnasium. The Badgers chase the district title while Santa Fe leads the City Cage League. Admission is 26 cents for adults and 11 cents for children.
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Amarillo College Badgers
Badger Gymnasium
Santa Fe Railroaders
Badgers
Brown Joins Ivy League Poised For Big Eight Status
Brown admitted to the Ivy League fold and eyed as a charter member rivaling Harvard and Yale. Brown’s 1936 football schedule includes Harvard Dartmouth Pennsylvania Yale and Columbia as it plots a football conference.
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Associated Press
New York
Brown
Bruins
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Chiefs Face Missionaries in Santa Fe League Tilt
BOWING ue to nights games in the Santa Fe league the Chiefs meet the Missionaries in a scheduled matchup. The contest highlights local league activity with possible implications for standings.
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Santa Fe League
Chiefs
Missionaries
Langford visits paper to cash aid from old boxing days
Sam Langford, once a top heavyweight, visited the Associated Press sports desk in New York to receive a $25 check from a Baltimore admirer. The blind fighter, famed for fighting from 1901 onward, recalled past bouts and hardships while acknowledging longtime support.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
New York
Sam Langford
Boston
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Tham
Harlem
Sam
Langford
Jack McVickers
Jack Johnson
Harry Wills
Fred Fulton
Ian Haig
Brown Stars Shift to Columbia in 1936 Football Plan
The article notes Brown replacing Colgate with Columbia for a 1936 state game and facing the Lions in a climactic season finale. Cornell and Princeton maintain cordial ties with Brown though not scheduling the Bruins regularly. The aim is broader competition and a four-game within group schedule as part of a new eastern university lineup standardizing football practices.
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Columbia
Colgate
Lions
Cornell
Princeton
Bruins
Old-time boxer recalls famous bouts in London and LA
In a 1909 London tale a British pugilist now aged 49 reflects on his career and poverty and how a cataract left him blind in one eye. He recalls learning to strike body and the toughest fight in 1914 with Wills in Los Angeles, where he was knocked down repeatedly before winning in the 14th.
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England
London
Patton
Wills
Los Angeles
Baer Set for Fifteen-Round Bouts Under New Rule
New York boxing rules allow non title bouts for the heavyweight champion up to fifteen rounds, enabling Max Baer to fight longer across 316 states. NBAs Edward C. Foster says the rule will be adopted by others, with safeguards against title loss by knockout, and he cautions Buddy Baer’s bouts and exhibition fights. Foster also scouts Steve Hamas as a possible Max challenger while critiquing junior titles as promoter-led build‑ups.
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Chicago
Levinsky
Jimmy Bronson
Walter Neusel
Neusel
Baer-Neusel
Bronson
Art Lasky
Lasky
Minois
James J. Braddock
New York
Nate Lewis
Jim Mullen
Lewis
Mullen
King Levinsky
Florida
A] Ettore
Steve Hamas
Max Schmeling
Hamburg
Germany
Primo Carnera
South America
Joe Louis
Detroit
Soldiers’ Field
Lawton Carver
United Press
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National Boxing Association
Max Baer
Edward C. Foster
Buddy Baer
Foster
Max
Bud
Thont
Buddy
Charley Harvey
Hamas
New York Commission
Jimmy McLarnin
Barney Ross
McLarnin
Ross
Wiggins Loses Narrowly as Geene Tops Rio Vista
Rio Vista Independents star Len Wiggins single handedly manned the floor after teammates were fouled out. Geene, a visiting club, rallied in the final ten seconds for a one point victory. Wiggins blocked a center shot but Geene scored the winning field goal in Cleburne Texas.
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Cleburne
Tex
Len Wiggins
Rio Vista Independents
Geene
Rio Vista
Wiggins
Seene
Bruno Trial Movie Held Over at Show
The full length Bruno Hauptmann trial reel continues at the Mission Theater through Friday. Theater manager Oscar Dooley says the film shows actual talking scenes of the trial and should be seen by everyone interested.
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Mission
Oscar Dooley
Barred match boosts gate receipts in Miami bout joke
Brief notes say promoters aimed to boost gate receipts but describe the Barney Ross versus Frankie Klick junior welterweight title clash in Miami as a joke.
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Barney Ross
Frankie Klick
Miami
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