Knockout Night for Houston Fight Fans
In Houston last night, Wild Bill McDowell stopped Bobby Black in the eighth round, a technical knockout. Raymond Sarrano defeated Kid Brock in the ninth by a technical knockout, and Jimmy Jones stopped Jimmy McNeill in seven rounds. Tony Marks scored a first round technical knockout over Robert Friend, while Herman Weaver defeated Benny Henderson in four rounds.
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Wild Bill McDowell
Dallas
Bobby Black
Baltimore
Kavo
Raymond Sarrano
Kayo
Kid Brock
Louisville
Jimmy Jones
Jimmy McNeill
Syracuse
Tony Marks
Fresno
Robert Friend
Herman Weaver
Benny Henderson
Sports Roundup on Louis Lewis and Other Notes
Radio announcers practice for Louis versus Lewis broadcast and writers mock Joe Stripp’s hold out. Michigan State gets Buffalo talent. One Ton Galento is eight months along. La Henie gates average $11,000. Jack Powell returns to umpiring. Jockey Willie Ray’s family receives posthumous support from Santa Anita winners. Louis odds drift 10 to 1. locals see 6 or 7 to 1. DiMaggio home run cue in San Francisco. Pete Alexander seeks Cubs coaching. Tennessee schedules tougher Vols. Holy Cross reaction page cited. Major Neyland anger grows.
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Louis Vs. Lewis
Joe Stripp
Cornell
Colgate
Columbia
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Buffalo
Galento
la Henie
Jack Powell
Santa Anita
Willie Ray
St. Louis
Louis
Joe DiMaggio
San Francisco
Pete Alexander
Cubs
Gracious Aviator Averts Farm Fire Near Ottawa
Max Swimley, a farmer in Ottawa Kansas, woke to a barn fire as an unidentified aviator circled low above his home. The pilot's reconnaissance helped neighbors corral the flames before spreading to outbuildings and the house. Swimley expressed strong gratitude for the warning.
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Ottawa
Kan
Max Swimley
Swimley
Texas League owners consider transferring San Antonio franchise
Alvin Gardner said the Texas League may transfer the San Antonio baseball franchise to another Texas city after a request discussed with St Louis club official William DeWitt. Possible destinations include Austin or Corpus Christi if regional leagues operate and a satisfactory territory is found. The move would require league approval and follows San Antonio’s farm status since 1933 with one pennant in six seasons.
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Dallas
Alvin Gardner
San Antonio
Beaumont
Gardner
William O. DeWitt
St. Louis
Texas
DeWitt
Austin
Corpus Christi
Dares End With Shocking Golf Injury in Dallas
Dallas high school golfer Jerry Merchant learned dares can be dangerous after a practice session turned tragic. While testing accuracy with a driver he dared a friend to hit him with a driven ball. Merchant stepped behind a metal screen for safety but the ball ricocheted off a barn and struck his jaw, causing a solid impact.
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Dallas
Jerry Merchant
Jerry
Merchant
Dentists Claim Lip Reading Reveals Character
In Winnipeg a note on psychology cites Dr. Ervin H. Ante of the University of Toronto asserting dentists read character from lips. He links full lips to praise love and retracted lips to severity and strength, protruding lips to impulsiveness, and a long thin upper lip with a white line to self reliance.
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Winnipeg
Man
Ervin H. Ante
University of Toronto
Boxing odds and city golf plans draw readers’ attention
The column notes radio boxing coverage of Louis Lewis with Uncle Clem McCarthy bungling names while predicting Lis as heavyweight champ. It also reports the city commission delaying a decision on a municipal grass course as H R Smith outlines material costs and a forthcoming answer, with no firm denial or approval yet.
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City Commission
H. R. Smith
Baker's Dough Stolen in Naugatuck Jewelry Missing
George Kuhn, a baker, reported thieves broke into his home in Naugatuck Connecticut and stole cash totaling 100 dollars and jewelry valued at 500 dollars from his residence.
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Naugatuck, Conn
U.P
George Kuhn
Sisler Keeler and Collins Named to Baseball Hall of Fame
New York January 25 George Sisler Wee Willie Keeler and Ed die Collins were voted worthy by baseball writers to join 14 previously chosen immortals in the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown New York site of the sport centennial celebration this year Sisler received the greatest vote total of any player since balloting began four years ago with 235 of 274 Baseball Writers Association members naming him worthy of the shrine alongside Ty Cobb Babe Ruth and others
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Wee Willie Keeler
Eddie Collins
Baseball Writers Today
Cooperstown
N. Y
Sisler
Shrine
Baseball Writers Association
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Hans Wagner
Christy Mathewson
Walter Johnson
Nap LaJoie
Tris Speaker
Hatfields and McCoys Clash On Magnolia High Court
In Mingo County West Virginia the Hatfields and the McCoys clash in a Magnolia High School basketball game. The McCoys captain Sam McCoy stands six feet tall and Wall family ties are strong. Hatfield captain Glen Hatfield says his lineup is all clan members. The town openly takes sides as the feud echoes a West Virginia history.
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Matewan
W. Va
Magnolia High School
Sam McCoy
West Virginia
Glen Hatfield
Hatfields
Cy Young and Grover Cleveland Alexander Lead Ballot in Election
Collins was chosen by 213 writers and Keeler by 207, just above the 75 percent threshold. Alexander led last year with 75 percent, while Sisler, Keeler, and Collins fell short by about 10 percent. Rube Waddell finished fourth with 179 votes, three more than Rogers Hornsby.
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Grover Cleveland Alexander
Collins
Keeler
Alexander
Sisler
Rube Waddell
Philadelphia
Rogers Hornsby
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