Flowers Wins Middleweight Title From Greb in Close Bout
Tiger Flowers outpointed champion Harry Greb to claim the world middleweight crown in a hard fought 15 round battle. Flowers, the first Black middleweight champion, used a southpaw stance and sustained pressure to edge Greb as the crowd roared. The bout featured lengthy exchanges, bleeding brows, and relentless pace with Flowers absorbing punishment but staying composed to secure the decision.
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Carmel Hall Easy Win Over Gunnery School Five
Carmel Hall defeated Gunnery School five 50 to 28 in Washington Conn yesterday afternoon. Peck and Clinton starred for Carmel Hall, as the Carmel Hall five built a strong lead in a one sided game.
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New Canaan Defeats Blues Team In Stamford Bout
In Stamford on February 2, New Canaan defeated the Stamford Blues 34 to 3B at the Village Hall court. George Smith was absent. The match featured Greb and Flowers trading blows with rough exchanges and clinches as both fighters showed fatigue and aggression before the bell ending the round.
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Kaceys to Play Jersey Tonight as Park City Fights Manchester
In a busy Sokol court program Park City faces Manchester after Kaceys clash with Jersey City Frogs in overtime. Plainfield beats Essex 41 to 25 with Coleman and Blade starring for Essex and Dissinger Benson Madded for Plainfield.
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Smoky Joe Wood Sicks Chicken Pox Drives Absence at Practice
New York reports Smoky Joe Wood is ill with chicken pox keeping him from supervising pitchers and catchers. The varsity mentor is home with the illness and Clyde Engle, freshman coach, will cover his duties for several days. The illness likely began after contact with one of Wood's children.
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University Five Beats Fairfield In Cage Battle
Fairfield February 26 A Fairfield High School gym crowd watched the Roger Ludlowe High School team edge the University of Bridgeport squad 21 to 17 despite three star players being ineligible and Allan Voorhees ill. Fast pacing and strong defense kept the game tight with Referee Petrino busy all afternoon.
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Essex Will Play Communitys Again
Fairfield February 26 Special The Hudson Essex team will face Community AC again next Tuesday night in American Sexton hall The automobile boys have defeated Fairfield Center quintet five times this year and lost once This consolation game offers Fairfield boys a chance to mount a comeback A Bridgeport girls teams preliminary game will precede the men’s match.
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Defenders Beat Pacemakers 49 to 28 in Narrow Win
The Defenders defeated the Pacemakers 49 to 28 in a recent game on the MC A. Tres kiss stood out as a key performer, delivering the loudest plays and driving the defense.
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Second Game of Scholastic Series On Warren Harding Floor
The second game between Warren Harding and Central High basketball teams will be played this afternoon on the President's gym floor. Harding seeks a second straight win after a 26 to 17 victory in the first game, with Central aiming to close the gap in today’s big matchup.
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Play All Stars versus Walters' All Star five at Y.M.C.A court
The Y M C A basketball team meets Walters All Stars tonight on the Y court with the Pace makers and Black Rock church five in the preliminary. Main game lineup includes Walters Shaws Wilber Murdock Neary Randolph Sansone Lindmark Christianson Schutte Hay Yates Calhoun with referee Young Ericson Single Klein Greyster.
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McTigue Plans Ahead of Delaney Boxing Bout in New York
Irish light heavyweight Mike McTigue left New York with trainer Dia Collings and six sparring partners for outdoor training at Madame Bey's Summit New Jersey. He aims for peak condition ahead of the Madison Square Garden bout with Jack Delaney on March 15, two days before St Patrick's Day and two years after his Dublin victory. He hopes to force a rematch with Paul Berlenbach by defeating Delaney.
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Joe Glick to Fight Rocky Kan sas for Lightweight Title
New York promoter announced acceptance of a bout between Joe Glick and Rocky Kannsas for the world lightweight title at Braves Field Boston in early May. Glick’s manager said $30,000 was offered to the challenger as his share. Glick knocked out Jack West in Atlantic City and both camps seek an outdoor arena for next summer bout.
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