Firpo Signs for Buenos Aires Bout with Spalla in March
Argentine heavyweight Louis Angel Firpo signed to fight Italian boxer Erminio Spalla in Buenos Aires during the first two weeks of March. Firpo will receive 35 percent of gross receipts. Spalla set to begin in Buenos Aires before February 16. Their prior clash on March 7, 1924, ended with Firpo knocking Spalla out in the fourteenth round.
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Buenog Atres
Louis Angel Firpo
Municipal Boxing Commission
Erminio Spalla
Buenos Aires
Firpo
Spalla
Firpe
Spallla
Second Basemen of All Time and A Lajoie Praise
A 1925echoes praise old school second basemen with Pfeffer Ward McPhee Reitz and Lowe noted as top fielders and hard hitters. Lajoie highlighted for mechanics and speed, Collins for intellect and versatility. Baseball history shifts to deeper, more turf savvy second basemen and tighter teamwork.
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Ripley Jennings
Lajoie
Collins
Fred Ffeffer
Johnny Ward
Napoleon Eddie Collins
Rogers Johnny Evers
Frankie Fe
Dan
Bob
Lajo‘e
Courtes
Bae
Jole Ta
Eddie Collins
Ty Pett
Collins Rowles
Laa
Lakie
Johnny Frers
Ase
Eee
Nationail League
Frers
Teo Tyne
Tajole
Byers
Dinamo
Jeebers
Fred Merkle
Wwe
Penvan Evers
Tajoie
Colting
Gotins
Malcolm Hill Falls in First Round at Indoor Junior Tennis
In New York, Malcolm Hill of Waban Mass, the top seed, loses 6-1 6-3 to Julius Seligson of New York in the first round of the national junior indoor championship. Several other players advance or drop, with eight reaching the third round and two doubles victors noted as entrants prepare to play tomorrow.
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Malcolm Hill
New York
Waban Mass
Julius Seligson
Hill
H. L. Johnson
Coperbh
Beugeon
Ubtender
Horace Creer
Beilgann
Ravetts
Deuce
W. A. Stranger
University of Pennsylvania
Morton, Baker
Baltimore
Donald Strachan
Philadelphia
Prefexe
Willem T. Tilden
Harry Wolf
Jontclair, N. J
Edward Jacobs
Gregory Mangin
Lemoine Heuser
Newark
N. J
Warren F. Coen, Jr
Kansas City
John &. Millen
University of Pennsylvana
Bdugent McAuliff
Yonkers
N.Y
MecAuliff
Coen
Strachan
Heuser
E. W. Williams
Brooklyn
John H. Pitman
George F. Becker
Conway MacDonald
Montclair
Louis Gast
John &. Clark
Westfield
W. J
H. H. Murphys, Jr
Hastings-On-Judson
N. Y
J. W. Keyes
Jacobs
Moore
White Plains
Seliggen
Mesaure Pt
Spencer
World Swimming Records Fall At Coral Gables Meet
Miss Ethel McGary and Agnes Geraghty set new long course world records in an unpaced AAU sanctioned trial in Coral Gables Florida. McGary swam 500 meters in 7 minutes 58 seconds, beating her Asheville mark by seven seconds. Geraghty posted 400 meters breaststroke in 7 minutes 17.4 seconds, shaving 15.4 seconds from her Asheville record.
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New York
Ethel McGary
Agnes Geraghty
Coral Gables
Pla
Women
Amateur Athletic Union
Mills McGary
Asheville
N. C
Whit Mies Geraghty
Champions Past and Present by Joe Archibald
Boxing legend Harry Ged is hailed as world middleweight champion with a legacy spanning from 1913 to 1924. The piece surveys rivals like Gene Tunney Johnny Wilson and Mickey Walker, praising Greb as a championship middleweight standard while noting controversial aspects of Ged and others.
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Joe Archibald
Harry Ged
Johnny Wilson
New York
al Sheve Grib
Lis
Micky Walker
Ike
Stanley Scidhel
Harry
Greb
Gene
Tunney
Tiem Breus
Gilly Maske
Boer Gataons
Wing Levinsky
Chanbowl Smith
Gied
Mike O'Dowd
Tly
Kak
Gearm Chi Adid
McCoy
O'Dowd
Death Valley
al McCoy
Young Fisher
Billy
Vance Fo Play In New Boston Basketball Club
In Clear Water Florida on December 23 1929 organizers said Davay Vance of the Brookly Dodgers and Vera Nos of the Boston Braves are walking onto a newly formed basketball team here.
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Clear Water
Fli
Davay" Vance
Brookly Dodglla
Vera Nos
Boston Braves
Bowling Notes Bring High Hopes for New Year Leagues
The Goldenrids challenge any two person team to beat their record in a nine game series with Pop Dooley aiming to match his Fish Peddlers against the Sukol Rose buds. The Savoys, mid season in Athletic Club league, slump while Mort Lindseys may join in the action. Nutmegalleys host weekly chatter as Hallett street patrols are advised to refrain. Equip ment C leaders Roberts and Breecklin chase each other amid Smith of Time Office close behind. General Flee Motor Division plans a post year restart to speed future contests. Holidays delayed matches across rth and East Side leagues shifting days. A five man outfit of Herb Kammy Sheehy Brecklin and Herman aims to dominate. Cuber Yee Cream reorganizes under Lee Connell and a fast four team clan forms. Acme Shear’ league touted as the smoothest town league amid nonstop chatter from first ball to last pin. A happy New Year.
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Pop Dooley
Savoys
Mort Lindseys
Nutmegalleys
Hallett Street
Roberts and Breecklin
Equipment C
Remington Club
Smith
Time Office
Havana Entries First Rack at Six Furlongs in Purse Race
Three year olds and up race list shows purses from 500 to 700 with claiming options. Entries include Bridget O Crrady 107 Virginia Morse 02 Mat 102 and many others with weights and odds listed across five races at five furlongs to mile and sixteenths.
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Aix
Bridget O'Crrady
Virginia Morse
Mat
Super Lady
Tacobean
Sueden Crags
Lye Fox
Golden Tine
Jarose
Ponce
Garich
Balarnsa
Roberto C. St. Vagrant Ditty
Mad Bire
Mina
Anna M. Dougherty
Corene
Chow Chaw
Huttontrope
Bungiing
Riverside
Wise
New Orleans Race Results First to Seventh Races
New Orleans results list six races for two-year-olds to seven races for all ages. Notable horses include Puckly Heat with times 1:07 26 for six furlongs in the first race, and Oiseau with 1:05 2-5 in the fifth. Also listed are participants such as Wapiti, Running Fox, Volt, Wild Bill, Laws, Texas, and Duck weed with various weights and fractions, along with purses from $700 to $1,200.
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Puckly Heat
H. Stntte
Lou Shank
M. Garner
Cliff Liz
E. Legere
Blue Bull
Little Moon
Somerset
Col. Carr
En. Seth
Leightno
Sylvaing Lang Syne
Wapiti
A. Mortensen
Fox
V. Stotrait
Comedy
Dillien
Bloomington
Thor
Huey
Gus R
Ruth
Quaver
Mainlcpring
Little Ammle
Laws
Leyland
Texas
Dillon
Aunt Laura
Tyler
Torcher
Cherub
Aristotle Flying Spark
My Eva
Miss Maggie
Nervous Abie
Air Mail
Gibbons
W. Harvey
President
Blird
Flying al
Benedict von
Little Alfred
Fiery Flight
Chalmers
Foolscap
Stott
Belpre
Moon Magic
Liason
Bogalusa
Duckweed
Mortensen
Watchful
U. Johnson
Bolivar Bond
D. Tyjer
King Tut
NEW ORLEANS RACE CARD FEATURES HUNDREDS IN EARLY MEETS
A New Orleans racing card lists six races with a mix of six furlongs to a mile and an eighth. Entries include Flirt 100 Hootch 115 Savory Girl 106 and Up and At Ism 120 in the opening dash, Booster 03 and Zanzibar 116 among favorites in the midweek mile and a sixteenths, and Invictus 110 plus Purity 116 in other events, with a dayweather track fast and several two year olds shown in a later claiming race.
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Flirt
Barrister
Seven Sixty
Shirley Louisagis
Sheperdess
Pickens
Hootch
Hanky Rice
Little Manager
Zucca
Bully O'Hare
Savory Girl
Raffy Nuldance
Muriel
Mary Aurole
Booster
Geogeia Wulard
Zanzibar
Antonia
Statler
Sir Glen
Dr MacMillan
Rurane
Futen
Drummond
Thewelisn
Lupine
Wuhu
New Hope
Gad
St Charles
Stack Wand
Eine
Mabel
el Astro
Invictus
Ibra
Purity
Rte
Cromwell
Pete ‘Foy
Ben Wood
Tonango
Cogwheel
Brunswick
Caligula
Fettbocker
Cwant
Haney
Mom's ‘Poy
Geo
Green Blazes
Billiken
Jaelg Reiger
Jimmni
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