The Fight Racket Then and Now in American Boxing
A critical look at boxing's decline as a major sport in the United States. It discusses reduced fighter numbers, the role of commissions, politicians, show business, and the shift of big money to international venues while networks and promoters shape the sport's fate. Names like Ring Magazine, New York, Illinois, and Buster Mathis appear alongside broader commentary on governance and finance.
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Ring Magazine
United States
Mexico
Central America
Llinnis
Illinois
New York
Commission
Buster Mathis
Mathis
Tokyo
Manila
Young 11-Year-Old Yanqui Becomes Pro Bullfighter
Houston report on Joe Lesser famed as one of the world’s youngest professional matadors. He began at nine, earned $80 for killing his first bull in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and now earns about $600 monthly as his fame grows. He fights younger bulls, wears the traje de luces, and says he enjoys bullfighting more than baseball or football.
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Joe
Torero” Lesser
Nuevo Laredo
Fred
No Races Halt UPI Teletype Lines Coverage
The UPI race teletype circuit between Los Angeles and Southern Nevada disrupted the SUN preventing its usual Del Mar Arlington and Saratoga track coverage. Local edition suspended racing reports for that period.
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UPI
Los Angeles
Nevada
The
SUN
del Mar
Arlington
Saratoga
Lake Mead Golf Leaders Stay Undefeated in Four Weeks
Rod Wibstad and Jim Killion top the Lake Mead Baseball Golf League with a 12 win no loss record after their fourth week of competition.
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Rod Wibstad
Jim Killion
Lake Mead Baseball Golf League
Lake Mead Bowling Championship Set for September 2 3
The Lake Mead Base Bowling Championships draw 40 to 45 contenders at Lake Mead Lanes September 2 and 3. Defending scratch champion Chuck Larson and handicap winner Larry Manly posted strong totals, as Jim Fleischer holds the LMB Lanes high game record with 289. An eight game rolloff starts at noon September 2, with entries due by September 1.
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Lake Mead Base
Lake Mead Lanes
Chuck Larson
Larry Manly
Larson
Jim Fleischer
Desert Inn Women’s Golf Club results highlight
DI Gal Golf Desert Inn Country Club held a women’s golf event with nine holes. Patsy Goldwater net 34 in Class A, Jenny Werner 35 in Class AB, Betty Butler 34. Dorothy Davies 36 in Class A.
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Desert Inn Country Club
Patsy Goldwater
Jenny Werner
Betty Butler
Dorothy Daviess
Knick Howie Komives Among Top Free Throw Shooters
New York rookie guard Howie Komives finished third in free throw percentage at .833 for the 1964-65 NBA season, the only first-year player in the top 10.
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NEW York
UPI
Howie Komives
New York Knickerbockers
National Basketball Association
Komives
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Jimmy Cannon
Sports Today
Moe Pugs
Congress
State Boxing Commission
Mice and Spiders
New York Commission
Ehia
Boxing Commission
Madison Square Garden
del Mar Entries
Cima
Carol Denis
Rabie Seo Pan O'Goldiva
Het
Indien
Stoney Saint Ls
Ruliah
Lucky James
Peggy
Buck
Alanruein
Nortman
Slenningst
Taniqueri
R. Yoko
Hortack
Leonard Westbury
Preamo
W. Hortack
Fiyinacher
M. Yoner
Mr Kar
Jennings
Medina
Morena
Rivera
Alves
Jennings Gree Island
Robert S
Taniguchi
Donson
Hartack
la Maner
K. Church
Qule Gay Reni
D. Ross
Johany Dye
Ortiz
Andrew Conrad
Seabrook
Texas
Pete Conrad
Cam
Houston
Cypt
Joe Lesser
Charles Nixon
Nixon
Matador
Ine
DART
Jack
Lake Mead Golf
Wibstad
Kilion Sheehan
Newman Larson
Thorese Hammock
Coy
Fot
Chetwynd
Wolt
Hildeman Ledferd
Thormas Chaput
Crowelmeres
Meaniy
Pottery
Royal
Scott Oe Eere Sweeney Sherwood
Ellsworth
Clansen Sears Senly
DI Gal Golf
Oryant
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