Fighters F refer any boxing name except their own
Boston, Mar. 20 AP notes boxing names and ring handles used by fighters. It lists many examples from Freddie Cole to Kid McCoy, showing how boxers adopted alters from real names to nicknames, including Young, Sailor, Wildcat, Gunboat, Dixie Kid, and more.
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Boston
Mar
Shakespeare
Freddie Cole
K. O
Brown
Valentine Braun
Jake Kilrain
7. J. Killian
Appela
Big Frank
Minér
Jack Britton
William J. Breslin
Phil Brock
Phil Solo
Steve Ketchell
Lester Oakes
Patsy Cline
Pasquale Gengro
Louisiana
Joseph Biderberg
K. O. Mars
Louis Margoles
Gunboat Smith
Kdward Eckblad
Willie Shaffer
Vito Caponegras
Kid Troubles
Benny Bargardas
Kid McCoy
Norman Selby
John T
Joseph F. Hagan
Young Jack
Jack O’brien
Bargardas
Detroit Sid Barbarian Beats Eddie Dyer In Terre Haute
Sid Barbarian of Detroit defeated Eddie Dyer of Terre Haute Indiana in a recent match held in Terre Haute. The bout ended with Barbarian securing victory.
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Detroit
Sid Barbarian
Eddie Dyer
Terre Haute
Ind
Local Highs Edge Thomasville 9 1 In Opening Game
Local Highs defeated Thomasville 9 to 1 in opening play after a slow start. Wali hit a two-base drive, Howell and Smith pitched well for High Point with relief from Lopp as Thomasville fought to the end and showed resilience.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Wali
Stone
Howell
High Point
Marlette
Smith
Rev H B Schaffer Chosen President of Wrenoir Rhyne College
Charleston South Carolina clergyman Rev H B Schaffer has accepted the presidency of Wrenoir Rhyne college bringing leadership from a southern church background to the institution in Hickory.
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Hickory
H. B. Schaffer
Charleston, S. C
Wrenoir-Rhyne College
Never Has Shown Big League Ability
Ernie Nevers, famed all American football star and new pitcher with the St. Louis Browns, displayed limited baseball form in Tarpon Springs Florida as Brooklyn beat the Browns 8 to 5. Meanwhile New York Mayor Walker missed the 12 inning 6 to 6 tie between the Yankees and Braves in St Petersburg and Frank Frisch’s recovered health pleases the Giants in Sarasota.
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Ernie Nevers
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Ernie
St. Louis Browns
Brooklyn
Walker
St. Petersburg
Yankees
Boston Braves
Giants
Sarasota
Frank Frisch
Risko faces new dough by boxing Berlenbach at MSG
Johnny Risko of Cleveland, once a baker, fought light heavyweight champion Paul Berlenbach at Madison Square Garden. Risko battered his opponent nearly insensible in a non title bout as Berlenbach moved up to heavyweight aiming for Dempsey. Berlenbach weighed 174 1 2 pounds to Risko 190, and lasted the round after a rough exchange.
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New York
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Paul Berlenbach
Madison Square Garden
Berlenbach
Boxing Results From Round One Across Cities
Johnny Rijsko of Cleveland defeated Paul Berlenbach in New York. Ted Moore of England stopped Kid Norfolk in San Francisco. Rene Devos of Belgium beat Henry Domgoergen in Berlin.
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Ted Moore
England
Kid Norfolk
Berlin
Rene Devos
Belgium
Europe
Henry Domgoergen
Muscle Shoals hearings hear Worthington on operation bids
The joint congressional Muscle Shoals committee heard J. W. Worthington, former Ford adviser now with American Dynamd, discuss bids to operate the property. Testimony of W. B. Bell was delayed. Maj. Gen. J. A. Hull added expert input on lease terms. Major M. C. Tyler reported Wilson dam near completion at $46,000,000, with dam 1 and the lock costing about $1,000,000.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee On
The
Army
M. C. Tyler
Muscle Shoals
Wilson Dam
Duke broadens athletics with Washington and Lee links
Duke University enlarges its athletic program by linking with Washington and Lee University. A track meet is set for April 1, followed by a 1927 basketball game and later football games. The plan includes major facilities and a stadium as part of a $20 million building program, aiming to place Duke among the East’s top physical-resource schools.
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Durham
Duke University
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Duke
Generals
North Carolina College Teams Shaped by Larger Institutions
A staff of coaches and a larger student body provide resources for athletic events, with North Carolina collegiate sports benefiting from the influence of larger institutions, potentially elevating the program beyond southern peers.
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North Carolina
South
Foreign Race Tracks Use German Horses
Berlin reports that foreign stables have taken many promising German thoroughbreds as horse owners trim stables amid economic downturn. At the Hoppegarten auction in Berlin Frigga sold for 25 dollars. more than 100 horses changed hands with top price 40 dollars.
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Berlin
Frigga
Detroit American team opens exhibition in Augusta
Detroit will play its first exhibition game today at the Augusta training camp when Cobb's squad meets the Toronto Internationals. A win matters for Detroit as manager Cobb plans to send three pitchers to the Toronto aggregation.
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Detroit
Augusta
Cobb
Toronto
Ninth Inning Rally Wins for White Sox in Fort Worth
Chicago White Sox rallyed in the ninth to beat the Panthers 9 to 8 in Fort Worth. Key hits by Kamm and Grabowski delivered the late winning runs in the final frame.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Fort Worth
Panthers
Kamm
Grabowski
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