Sharkey recounts Dempsey Tunney bouts and missed million-dollar chances
In a vivid reminiscence, Jack Sharkey recalls fights with Dempsey and Tunney, claiming he could have beaten both in key 1927 and later matchups. He laments passing up two million-dollar opportunities to meet Tunney, and bets on his own smartness versus crowd reaction and management.
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Eee Nael
Lefty Gomez
Dempsey
Tunney
Richard
New York
Sharkey
Panney
Risko
Amart Sharkey
Tex Rickard
Tex
lom-Hoepney
Boston
Jack
Pitching Dominance Defines 1943 American League Season
The 1943 AL saw pitching shine as 29 hurlers held opponents to under three earned runs per game, led by Spurgeon Chandler with a 1.64 ERA and 20 wins for the Yankees. Ernie Bonham backed Chandler, and Cleveland’s Vern Kennedy posted a 2.45 ERA. Orval Grove and Charlie Wensloff each notched 18 complete games, while Allie Reynolds struck out 151 in 199 innings. The season featured 20-game winners Dizzy Trout and Chandler, with Cleveland and Washington as notable beaters.
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Aseball
Spurgeon Chandler
Chandler
Cleveland
Washington
Gath
Detroit
Yankees
Paul
Dizzy
Trout
Tiger Moundaman
Cleveland Indians
Vern Kennedy
Tex Hughson
Boston
Orval Grove
Chicago
Charlie Wensloff
New York
Bonham
Jim Bagby
Lyman Harris
Philadelphia
Emil Leonard
Allie Reynolds
Reynolds
al Milnar
Soule Browns
Bobo Newsom
White Sox
A’s
Harris
Synthetic rubber to replace balata in major league baseball
In a sports note, synthetic rubber will replace balata in balls for next season in the big leagues. Red Cochrane, welterweight champion, is stationed at Pearl Harbor. Baltimore owners in the International League refused $150,000 for a half interest. Joe McCarthy consumes large amounts of chewing tobacco during games, especially in tough moments.
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Balata
Red Cochrane
Chamion
Pearl Harbor
Baltimore
Joe McCarthy
U S Navy Task Forces Lead Pacific Air Blitz and Atlantic Sub hunts
The card highlights 40 modern carriers led by the U S S Card in Pacific raids on Wake to Rabaul and in Atlantic anti submarine work. The Boris escort destroyer sinks after downing two Nazi subs in a storm. A signal officer directs a plane while an officer named Talker relays the captain’s orders.
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U.S. Navy
Pacific
Wake
Rabaul
Atlantic
U.S. S. Card
Card
Boris
Hog market and labor strikes widen wartime pressures
Washington reports hog slaughter records for November and rising meat supply amid rationing. Lend Lease and wartime demand push pork and beef to Allied forces while strikes surge across industries, led by aircraft steel and shipyards.
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Nature
OPA
War Food Administration
Jewish Co
Lend Lease
Russia
Britain
President Rios plans trip to U S called off
President Rios of Chile said he would visit the United States but the trip is set aside because of the grave situation in Argentina and Bolivia. Reports say Germans are making plastic mines that evade magnetic detectors and may have sown a dense field along the French coast to hinder a second front. The Army offers a special cook training course for cold climate posts in Alaska and Iceland. Senator Wiley, guiding a Capitol tour, warned the subway might resemble catacombs.
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Rios
Chile
United States
Argentina
Bolivia
France
Army
Alaska
Iceland
Wiley
Wisconsin
Radio and film notes on wartime stars and youth programs
Hollywood and radio previews highlight Humphrey Bogart and Janet Wilde in wartime productions. Jean Forward wins a singing role for Rene Clair while Robert Stolz directs. NBC launches Here’s to Youth a 13 week wartime youth program with 31 million members. Cadence covers Coburn, Dowling, and Eduardo Eddy in Knickerbocker Holiday and Hail the Conquering Hero. Also notes on radio talent moves and pattern patterns for home crafts.
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Nellie Melbs
Jean Forward
Rene Clair
Los Angeles
Golden West Opera Company
Southern California Opera Company
American Opera Company
Robert Stolz
National Broadcasting Company
Thue
Record of bugle call from Balaklava battle found in London
A rare phonograph record captures the bugle gall call from the Balaklava action on October 25 1854 during the Crimean War. The original bugle was sounded by an English soldier and the recording was made in London about 58 years later, with Yale University owning one of the few copies.
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Balaklava
Russia
London
Yale University
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Aldrich Farily
Renee Terry
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