TV fights threaten boxers future and boxing clubs
The Sporting News reports that television is killing live boxing by flooding the air with fights four times weekly, forcing many clubs to close and reducing licensed boxers from 7,000 a decade ago to under 1,500. It notes a decline in training grounds and rising use of unseasoned, TV pushed fighters, while linemen gain prominence in football and trade rumors swirl about Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella for pitching.
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Joe King
Jack Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Rebinsort
Roy Campanella
Roscoe McGowe
Sporting New
Walter O'Malley
Dodgers
Buzzie Bavasi
Robinson
Campanella
McGowen
Ralph Branca
Preacher Roe
Don Newcombe
Carl Erskine
West Virginia Beats Penn State with Homegrown Mountaineers
West Virginia University's Pappy Lewis preaches homegrown talent and leads a home-made Mountaineer squad. The 1950 starting eleven includes eight West Virginians, two from western Pennsylvania, and one from Ohio. Sophomore Freddie Wyan from Weston captains an undefeated six game stretch, including a 20 to 19 win over Penn State.
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Art (Pappy) Lewis
West Virginia University
West Virginia
West
Hills
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Freddie Wyan
Weston
W Va
Penn State
Little Girls Party At Corbridge Home
Marie Corbridge hosted a Little Girls party for members of the Nifty Needles sewing club on Wednesday evening November 4. All attendees wore costumes and a chicken lunch was served.
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Corbridge
Marie Corbridge
Needles Sewing Club
Dayton Student Dareth Balls Selected for ISC Retreat
Dareth Balls of Dayton is among 19 Idaho State College students chosen for the annual ISC student council retreat Saturday at the faculty ski cabin. The agenda includes issues from the student council and campus committees. Balls is a business major and president of the freshman class at ISC.
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Dareth Balls
Dayton
Idaho State College
ISC
Balls
Idaho State College selects 24 for Who’s Who 1953 54
Dwight Jensen of Oxford is among 24 Idaho State college students chosen for the 1953 54 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Six of the 24 are coeds. Jensen is active in ISC dramatics. Nominees were restricted to the two upper classes, with campus groups nominating candidates and the student council selecting based on all around activities.
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Dwight Jensen
Oxford
Idaho State College
Jensen
ISC
Banida Sunday School Talks and Meetings Highlight Stake
Arlene Miles and Gary Larson gave two and a half minute talks in senior Sunday school. Dianne Greger sen Joan Geddes and Verl Christensen led the gem. Gloria Greger sen and Arthur Mineer family of Salt Lake City attended along with Reda Allen of Soda Springs.
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Arlene Miles
Gary Larson
Dianne Gregersen
Joan Geddes
Verl Christensen
Gloria Gregersen
Arthur Mineer
Salt Lake City
Reda Allen
Soda Springs
Cecil Miles
Preston Allen
Paul Allen
Bonida
Oneida Stake High Council
Joseph A. Christensen
Fred L. Gregersen
Farrell Sparks
LeRoy Cole
Kenneth Taylor Blaine Olsen
Two-Stake Rose Prom Set For Franklin and Oneida Stakes
The Rose Prom unites Franklin and Oneida stakes this Saturday at the Franklin stake house. It starts at 8 p.m. in formal attire with a floor show prepared by Mr. and Mrs. William Mendenhall and Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Porter. The theme is Make Your Life in Song with Mrs Elvin Cutler chairing the general program committee.
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Franklin Stakehouse
William Mendenhall
Sewell Porter
Elvin Cutler
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