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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
5
Madison Square Garden gate receipts posted about $426000 for the Sharkey Schmeling title bout. Judges and a referee split rounds unevenly with Sharkey favored by Smith and Kelly, Mathison voting for Schmeling. Estimated totals show Schmeling to receive around $181000, Sharkey about $36000, and Garden profits near $150000 as the bout’s broader payoff furthered boxing chatter.
New York June 23 AP Bert Strand secretary of the State Athletic commission said no special meeting was planned to probe Joe Jacobs charge that German Max Schmeling was robbed of the heavyweight title last night A regular Friday meeting will discuss the Schmeling Sharkey bout and any charges will be heard Gen John J Phelan and Willem Muldoon could not be reached for comment Jacobs charges remain unaddressed Tunney, a former champion, said Schmeling earned the decision and fought hard watching from ringside behind the press section.
A twentieth century gold rush swarmed Seward Alaska as prospectors rushed toward the Nuka district seventy miles west after reports of free gold ore worth an estimated fifty five thousand dollars per ton and rich float specimens.
In 1931 Alabama citizens valued their lives less than property. Charles C. Greer, state superintendent of insurance, reported to Gov. Miller that policyholders paid 27,466,782 in premiums for fire insurance totaling 925,287,218 and 8,751,764 for fire protection on property valued at 997,545,500.
Fragment lists several scores with teams Philadelphia Boston New Fork and st Louis and cities Chicago Detroit but lacks clear matchups dates or context. Additional readable lines needed to extract a coherent game report or identify teams and results accurately.
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