Wagers, Warriors, and Wonder Teams Stir Sports Letters
Readers debate boxing pay and match fairness while weighing baseball records and basketball woes. Topics include Foreman vs Ali earnings, Passaic Wonder Team's Hall of Fame feats, Indians four-homer sixth inning records, the Golden State Warriors' finances and rookies, and scorekeeper judgments on sacrifice vs base hit decisions.
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Passaic Wonder
C.Q
Pearl River
N.Y
Passaic
N.J
Samuel Jarkesy
Naismith
Hackensack
Elias Sports
42Nd St
New York
Indians
Milwaukee Braves
Minnesota
Tony Cloninger
Parting shot on Ali Foreman title fight legs
Joe Louis questions Muhammad Ali's legs ahead of the September title bout with George Foreman. Louis says Ali may struggle to stay away from Foreman's thunderous attack.
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George Foreman
Ali
Ada F. Mister III
Honolulu
Hawaii
Hayward
Calif
Hank Schwartz
Zaire
Africa
Zinger
Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
It Was The Golden Era Did America Peak During 1927
A NEA sports wrap reflecting on 1927 as a golden yet mixed era. It praises Babe Ruth and the 1927 New York Yankees for dominance, notes broader cultural highlights, and weighs whether that team or year stands as history’s greatest. It cites Mosedale’s book and contrasts glamour with grim events of the era.
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JRA Berkow
NEA
NEW York
Glamor
Lindbergh
al Jolson
New York Yankees
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Waite Hoyt
Tony Lazzeri
Wiley Moore
Bob Meusel
Dial Press
John Mosedale
Mosedale
Sacco
Vanzetti
Snyder-Gray
Heywood Broun
U.S
Yankees
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago White Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Brooklyn Dodgers
White Sox
Phillies
Giants
Ruth
Gehrig
Mantle
Maris
America
Bobby Jones
Red Grange
Grant Rehired By Vikings
Bloomington Minn AP Bud Grant signs a five year contract giving him full control of the NFL Minnesota Vikings. The pact shifts duties from Jim Finks who resigned as executive vice president and general manager in May. Grant notes five years is long but hopes for continued enthusiasm and health.
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Minn
Bud Grant
Minnesota Vikings
Grant
Jim Finks
Finks
The
Vikings
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