Flyweight clash remembered Villa Wilde bout in 1923
The article recalls Pancho Villa's 1923 flyweight victory over Jimmy Wilde at the Polo Grounds, noting youth versus age, Villa's sharp timing, conditioning, and luck that helped him win the world title against the Welsh challenger in a historic, dramatic bout.
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Tokyo
Yoshio Shirai
Japan
Dada Marino
Polo Grounds
New York
South Pacific
Pancho Villa
Philippines
Pride of Wales
Jimmy Wilde
Jimmy
Wilde
Villa
Pancho
Wilde Knocked Out After Bell Rings In Fury Fight
In a brutal bout Villa lands a late blow after the second round bell on Wilde. Wilde absorbs a savage seventh round beating but remains defiant, capping a legendary if failed defense.
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Villa
Wilde
Jimmy
Patsy Haley
Jimmy Wilde
Kansas bound star recalls college recruiting flood
Clyde Lovellette, famed Kansas basketball star, says 45 to 50 colleges pursued him as a high schooler, offering up to 10 000 dollars a car and a house. He notes Kansas offered far less but remains glad he chose the Jayhawks amid mounting recruiting pressure.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
Cat’s fright turns angora fur to white in Greencastle
Mrs. James Wright of Greencastle Indiana reports her coal black Angora cat began whitening after a scare two weeks ago. She says the cat knocked over a bird cage and flower pots in a panic while chasing a canary. The canary remained unfazed.
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James Wright
Greencastle
Indiana
New Useful Gadgets for Travel and Home Crafting
A compact pocket-size travel gadget combines a slide rule, two colour pencils, magnifying glass, eraser, depth gauge, lead chamber and detachable straight-edge ruler. Also features a Whisker Helper lather release, sixty shaves per unit, and a three-brush triangular floor polisher with quick brush changes. A multi-use six-angle tool, a one-wheel tractor, a midget microfilmer, and an air-powered screwdriver round out the catalog of innovative domestic and travel gadgets.
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