Mike Jacobs Promoter of Big Fights Remembered in Post
ALONG-JE JWIST: An extended portrait of Mike Jacobs, the heavyweight boxing promoter behind the Louis Baer fight and other major shows. The piece details his early career running Hudson excursion boats, building a jail and policing the crowd, and later amassing wealth while guiding prominent bouts. It notes his influence at Red Bank estate, his table service in training camps, and his role in shaping boxing promotion and show business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee Soes
Joe Louis
Max Baer
Piace
Gosise
Mike Jacobs
Deska
Louis-Baer
Mike
Hudson
Connecticut
Chicago
Rickard
Fower
Wallace Beery Slims into NBC Saturday Night Radio
Wallace Beery becomes master of ceremonies and dramatic lead on NBC Saturday radio. The Beery run will keep him in character with film roles, with Victor Young orchestra backing and a lavish guest star policy.
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Wallace Beery
Terible Beery
al Jolson
NBC
Wally
Beery
Victor Young
Wallace Berry
Bob Burns
Paul Whiteman
Birth Of Baseball And Radio's Rise In 1845
A nostalgic riff on the 1845 Knickerbocker Club moment when baseball formed under its first rules. The piece contrasts early spectators and no radio with today’s nationwide broadcasts, praising radio’s role in bringing every tense moment to fans across the country and abroad as batters step up.
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Elysian Fields
Hoboken
N. J
Knickerbocker Baseball Club
America
Ines
Philco
Caroline County
Denton
Drainage Commission
Broadway
Old Town
Goldaboro
Sandtown
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. S. Rutter
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Cale Vierdet
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Joe Rivers
Rivers
Cornell
Saratoga
John Bail
Bob Robertson
Jack Dempsey
Robertson
Salt Lake City
Dempsey
Carl Stockholm
Garden
Joe Kirkwood
Glasgow
Europe
Harvard
Charles W. Eliet
Slam
Radio Theatre
Helen Hayes
Leslie Howard
Joan Crawford
Art Kassel
Grace Dunn
Grace
Kassel
Sigmund Romberg
Romberg
Rosario Bourdon
Jessica Dragonette
Aldo Ricci
Greta Keller
Eephil Baker
Jack Benny
Michael Barnett
Hill-Billy Stooge
Niela Goodelle
Niela
Frank Crumit
Washington College
William Smith
Paul H. Muller
Goiveevce
Barry M. Rice
Gilbert W. Med ,L.L.D
Maryland
Hany W
Washington
Johns Hopkins University
M. K. Newnam Furnisher OF Homes
Electrolux Refrigerator
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