Slap fights and golf odds in 1930s sports miscellany
A humorous roundup recounts the New York World Telegrams hole in one contest from 1932 to 1946 with 83 054 golfers and 41 525 shots reaching the hole but only four aces. It also narrates a 1931 Russia face slapping match that lasts 30 hours and Swiss cow fighting with bells and labeled milk breeds.
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N. Y
Russia
New Encyclopedia of Sports
Wasyl Bezbordny
Michalko Goniusx
Notre Dame
Wasyl
Michalko
Falcons Edge Flashes 14 13 In Bowling Green Meet
The wrestling team suffered a second straight loss, as Kent State edged Bowling Green 14 to 13. Tom Hanson won at 130 pounds, Ray Sanders at 147, John Redfern at 157, and Joe Klosterman pinned at 167. Les Irwin drew at 177. Next up is Findlay College at the MPE building.
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Bowling Green
Falcons
Flashes
KSU
Tom Hanson
Ray Sanders
John Redfern
Joe Klosterman
Les Irwin
Findlay College
MPE
Fulton Cages 23 Points In Flashes' 58-54 Win
The Flashes beat Baldwin Wallace 58-54 at Berea as Dave McDowell shapes a tougher lineup. Fulton scored 23 points while George Fulton outgunned Harris, and key defensive work held BW’s top scorer Retherford to 14 points. The game featured 22 baskets apiece with Kent shooting 31 percent and BW 27 percent.
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Fulton
Joe Durbin
Marquette
Baldwin-Wallace
Dave McDowell
Berea
Kent
Georgie
Harris
John Pohlod
John
Carl Gibson
Hank Urycki
Larry Grist
Jim Cuppy
Percy Grenfell
Pere
Flash Swimmers Dethrone Kenyon in Kent Pool Meet
The Flashes defeated the Kenyon Lords 45 29 at Kent pool on Saturday for their fifth win of the year and 14th straight. Lowell Smith led the Kent charge with wins in the 200 yard backstroke and contributed to relay victories. Ted Eastman swept the Lords with 220 and 440 yard freestyle wins. Roger Listerman claimed the 100 yard freestyle for the Flashes. The meet featured seconds and thirds that sealed the win as Kenyon prepares for upcoming road meets at Baldwin Wallace and Slippery Rock.
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Bill Hoover
Kenyon Lords
Kent
Lowell Smith
Themermen
Flashes
Lords
Ted Eastman
Roger Listerman
Hoover
Yellow Jackets Rally Beats Fordham Colorado State Syracuse and Loyola
In the final period B W closed the gap until Harris was ban ished with three minutes left. The Flash deep freeze defense swung into action as Georgia Tech finished strong to beat Fordham Colorado State Syracuse and Loyola in a 10 and 2 season.
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Yellow Jackets
Fordham
Colorado State
Syracuse
Loyola
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