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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1949
Page
2
A reader asks for help after a married man’s wife reports them to police. The response says the town is too small to all live happily and the caller has no legal claim on the man. It advises leaving, suggests returning to the mother with the baby, and warns against further relationships with married men.
A reader seeks career guidance and marital advice. The columnist recommends business college for employment, advises against divorce citing jealousy, and suggests renewed courtship. Another reader asks nursing school paths with Chamber of Commerce contact, and a third seeks travel mood with a coastal vacation and Guide renewal is deemed not too late.
In a monthly column of questions and answers the writer covers various sports and athletes. The New York bout on February 11, 1949, saw Willie Pep win a decision over Saddler amid controversial officiating. Pep dazzled with tricks and rough tactics. the bout left Pep nearly blinded, in a brutal 15 rounds with five records broken and 10 tied. Braves player Bob Elliott set a third baseman record for chances with 25, while also tying a mark with three errors.
Andrew Rube Foster is listed among the finest Negro league pitchers alongside legends like Satchel Paige Cannonball Dick Redding and Willie Foster. The article catalogs modern greats such as Wickware Mendez and Jones in a tribute to transformative black baseball arms.
Eddie Arcaro, the Italian born jockey with 18 years on ponies, remains the sole rider to win the Kentucky Derby four times. The era’s greats include Isaac Murphy and Earl Sande, each with three Derby victories. In 1948 Arcaro topped all jockeys with a season earnings record of 1 686 230 dollars, 256 000 above the prior mark.
Sandy Saddler, a contemporary to ex champion Al Brown, held the featherweight title for three months after defeating Willie Pep of Hartford, Connecticut, in decisive fashion on October 28, 1948, at Madison Square Garden.
In a 1945 dugout interview Jud Wilson recalls 22 seasons facing both Black and White pitchers. He praises Lefty Grove and Dizzy Dean, recounting a dramatic scene where Wilson hit a two run homer off Grove, witnessed by thousands of fans.
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