More Hermans In Baseball Babe's Son Now Taking Up Game
Floyd Caves Herman once Yankee scout and Brooklyn star talks family. Sons Don and Tack pursue baseball careers with Portland PCL and USC. Brother Bob directs opera in New York. Herman promotes youth baseball from his California home and writes On Your Toes in Baseball with 47 illustrations.
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Hermans
Babe
Scott Baillie
Glendall
Calif
Flatbush
Turkey Neck
Carver
Floyd Caves Herman
Brooklyn
Herman
Yankee
200 Junior Tracksters In Saturday Meet In Gulf Coast Area
About 206 junior high athletes from Gulf Coast area gather for the annual invitation track and field meet at Memorial Stadium. Dan Stallworth will direct and announce. Teams from 23 schools including Baytown Cedar Bayou Horace Mann and others will compete with preliminaries at 9 20 am and finals at 2 29 pm.
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Gulf Coast
Memorial Stadium
Dan Stallworth
Baby Sitter Et al
Meehsing
Entiiog
Baytown
Horace
Mann
Cedar Bayou
Blocker
Fry
Texas City
Southmore
Jackson
Pasadena
South Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Lovenberg
Galveston
Woodland Acres
Galena Park
Conroe
Robert EB
Robert IE. Lee
Darrell Johnston
Ed Harp
Elvis Istre
Tom Maxwell
Robert Biano
David Cross
J. E. Tillman
Darrell Ocker
Ray Smajstrla
Richard Sorenek
Dale Wright
Bill Huardigree
James Kennedy
Larry Fenton
John Frazier
Mike Hodge
Lee Horacefield
Mustangs Hold Unbeaten Record After 6-4 Win Over Texas
SMU Mustangs stay undefeated in the Southwest Conference with a 6-4 victory over Texas Longhorns. Shortstop Bob Boggan belted a three run homer in the ninth to seal the win as Tommy Bowers earned the decision. Texas scored late but could not complete the comeback.
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Austin
Southern Methodist University Mustangs
Texas Longhorns
Bob Boggan
SMU
Tommy Bowers
Hrnie Proud
Proud
Anes
Mustangs
Prout
Bowers
Jingnun
LeBiew
Saxton Favored To Defend Middleweight Crown In Boston
Welterweight champion Johnny Saxton is a 2-1 favorite to defend his middleweight title against Tony de Marco in a 15-round bout at Boston Garden Friday night. Saxton expects to win by 10 or 11 rounds and will not be aired on television. The winner faces Carmelo Basilic in Syracuse on April 29.
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Tony DeMarco
Johnny Saxton
Chame
Tony Dedfarco
Boston
Boston Garden
Saxtoen
Mad Gavilan
United Press
Lille
Tony de Marco
Saxton
Iid Gavilan
Carmey Basilic
Syracuse
Chico Vejar
Billy Graham
the War Memorial
Vejar
Graham
New York
Madison Square Garden
Tony Canzoneri Reflects on Boxing Glory and New Ventures
New York notes Tony Canzoneri, amid a thriving post boxing life, enjoying a Paddock restaurant near Times Square. He recalls rivals from Jack Kid Borg to Jimmy McLarnin, notes early start and 177 pro fights in a 15 year featherweight and light career, and laments fewer top fighters today.
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New York
Tony Canzoneri
Tony
Times Square
Cannoneri
Tony Canzoneri Declares Toughest Opponents and Training View
Oscar Froley notes Canzoneri’s weight class and the sole knockout loss to AL Davis in 1939. Canzoneri names Tony Petralle as the toughest fighter he faced and credits illness for a prime moment. He cites why modern boxers train too hard and too narrowly and emphasizes adapting style and sparring to stay sharp.
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AL Davis
Tony
Petralle
Porter Seeks Tigers Job While Holding Two Paychecks
Rookie outfielder J. W. Porter, born Shawnee, Oklahoma, occupies two major league paychecks this year while pursuing a Detroit Tigers spot. A former Queensland American Legion champion, he signed with the White Sox for a $65 total bonus, later traded to the Browns and then absorbed by the Orioles before joining the Tigers system. Porter, 22, has served in the Army, played for Oakland Tech and San Francisco City College, and is also a budding poet.
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Walter L. Jomns
Central Press
Lakeland
Fla
Shawnee
Ola
J. W. Porter
Porter
Dollay Ieague
Detroit
Tigers
Qaiyland
Calif
American Legion
Washington
Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Secouty Hollis Thurston
Doc Bennett
White Sox
As Braang
Port Pecord
Porton
Browns
Sen
Baltimore
Orioles
Whit Porter
Cakland
Oakland Tech
San Francisco City College
Waterloo
Memphis
Colorado Springs
Browne
Fort Ord
California
Bacchall
Champ Of Yesteryear Beat Him First Says Schmeling
Max Schmeling recalls the June 19 1926 Yankee Stadium bout where he knocked out Joe Louis to claim the title. The former heavyweight champ says the key moment was beating Louis first and notes no lasting enmity toward the Brown Bomber. Schmeling now runs a cigar and mink farm with wife Anny in Germany and remains a legend there.
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Champ of
Yesteryear
Max Schmeling
Jack L.inees
Hollenstedt
Germany
Joe Louis
Sondiuy
Louis Lessee
Mary
Mix Schmeling
Schmeling
New York City
Yankee Stadium
Sehmeling
Arthur Donovan
Louis
Champ
Jim Braddock ii
Anny
Ig Bertin
Rocky Marciano Weighs In On Fight Dodging Claims
In Grossinger, Rocky Marciano addresses rumors he dodges opponents. He notes plans to defend against Don Codell in San Francisco on May 16 after nose injury from Archibald Charles. Manager Al Weill selects foes as Marciano stays focused on staying in shape and maintaining his 47 straight wins.
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Grossinger
Rocky Marciano
Archie Moore
Rocky
Britain
Don Codell
San Francisco
Exnard Charles
Moore
Gamble
Mathe
al Weill
Muclescorpal
Marcianoo
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Senators
Paparella
Orlando
Vernon
Don
Bees
Portland
Tack
Southern California
Bob
Shall
Metropolitan Opera
Cincinnati
Lefty O'Boul
Bill Terry
American Bowling Congress of
Chicago
Bruce-Terminix
Terminix
Texas Age
Dial
Tom J. Gerslin
D.C .Ph. D
Wisconsin ST
Fedders
Builtin Weather Bureau
Froehner
Radio & Television
Texas Ave
Ins
My Mandel
Jack Kid Borg
Kenny Bass
al Sbiger
Billy Petrol
Kid Chocolate
Maroney
Lov Amber
Jimmy McLarnin
By Oscar Froley
Canzonert
Thorny Bfumiaya
Philadelphia
Raven
Bass
Omieti
Owen Friend
Bob Nirman
Johnny Groth
Virgil Tracks
Wal White
Aso
Theroub
Brown Bomber
Howar
Dane
Miteler
Rombeeavy
Mike Franssen
LIFE
Tom Moore
Schenley
Saratoga
Stillbrook
Sunnybrook
Glenmore
King
Hickory
Hth
Bei
Ph Be
Wah Daniels
TEX Store
Sam Perlman
Everett Case
North Carolina State
Indiana
State
Meneury
Mark
JIN Y
Plumwood
East
Fayle
Dale
Field Office
Brown Built Homes, Inc. Developers & Builders
Houston MO
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