Buying Pennants: Yawkey Tops Ruppert in Spending Spree
The piece traces owners Ruppert and Yawkey as they buy stars to build pennant contenders. It notes Ruppert’s 1920s Yankee domination and Yawkey’s multi‑million dollar Red Sox rebuild, including Joe Cronin, Lefty Grove, and Jimmy Foxx acquisitions. It concludes with a US airplane count of 9,139.
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Jake Ruppert
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Babe Ruth
Yankee
Red Sox
Yankees
Ruppert
Tom Yawkey
Yawkey
Clark Griffith
Joe Cronin
Lyn Lary
Washington
Lefty Grove
Connie Mack
Rube Walberg
Max Bishop
Dib Williams
Julius Solters
Bill Werber
George Pipgras
Fritz Ostermaeler
Dusty Cooke
Rick Ferrell
Lloyd Brown
Carl Reynolds
Wesley Ferrell
Jimmy Foxx
John
Marcum
Wes Ferrell
Athletics
Two Champions Fight Tonight at Madison Square Garden
Two boxers meet in a ten round feature at Madison Square Garden with no title at stake. Jock McAvoy defends against Babe Risko at over 160 pounds as both seek future title shots while promoter Jimmy Johnson plans more championship bouts later.
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Associated Press
New York
Madison Square Garden
Jock McAvoy
Babe Risko
McAvoy
Risko
John Henry Lewis
al McCoy
Boston
Teddy Yarosz
Lewis
Jimmy Johnson
Garden
England
McCoy
Frankie Connelly
James J. Merriott
Oklahoma
John Anderson
Bud Mignault
New England
Sally Krieger
Jack Ennis
Asbury Park
N. J
Sedgwick Harvey
Jimmy Fantani
Gordon Donohue
Charlie Eagle
Waterbury
Conn
Dock Hand and Cotton Picker Build Up Fifth Fortunes
New York reports a 1930s boxing boom as Joe Louis rises from obscurity to near the top, delivering 26 professional fights with 22 knockouts and drawing the era’s comeback spectacle alongside James J. Braddock’s ascent from Hoboken piers to heavyweight champion. Braddock’s path includes key wins over Griffin, Lewis, Lasky, and a fated Baer-Carnera setup amid shifting titles in lightweight and middleweight divisions.
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Associated Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Jess Willard
Joe Louis
Cotton
Alabama
James J. Braddock
Hoboken
Max Baer
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Soldier Field
Chicago
Glorious
Braddock
Louis
de Louis
Primo Carnera
Primo
Max Schmeling
Schmeling
Joe
Paulino Azcudun
Boxing Title Shakeups Hit Multiple Divisions
In a wide round of title bouts, Vince Dundee’s Sailamore bid for the To Fight Louis championship while Babe Risko of Syracuse upset Yar osz. John Henry Lewis crowned light heavyweights by defeating Bob Olin. Small Montana captured the flyweight crown from Midget Wolgast as Al Brown fell to Balcazar Sanchelli. Sixto Es cobar lost and then regained the American bantam title against Lew Salica. Freddie Miller retained the NB A featherweight crown and Barney Ross kept the war weight title from Jimmy Moe Larnin.
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Vince Dundee
Sailamore
Babe Risko
Syracuse
Yarosz
John Henry Lewis
Arizona Negro
Bob Olin
Brooklyn
Small Montana
Wolgast
al Brown
Balcazar Sanchelli
Sixto Escobar
Lew Salica
Freddie Miller
Cincinnati
City to curb practices at beer gardens in Morgantown
Mayor John G Beverly told a Baptist church delegation that the Morgantown city council will act soon to halt objectionable practices in some beer gardens. He stated the council is fully cognizant of the situation and will move to address it.
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Morgantown
John G. Beverly
The
Baptist Church
Stoco Boxers Open 1936 Schedule With Staunton Dual
Stoco High School boxing coach W R Stephens plans a January 18 dual meet in Staunton Virginia against Staunton Military Academy to launch the 1936 schedule. Six weight divisions will be contested led by captain Ralph Cole at 155 pounds and Harlan Groach at 165. Bud Atkinson 154 Joe Peters 135 Lynn Hampton or Marvin Cadle 125 Basil Meadows Herbert Clark Junior Peters at 115. The prep school rivals have met in tournaments before and boxing gains momentum in Southern West Virginia high schools.
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W. R. Stephens
Stoco High School
Staunton
Virginia
Staunton Military Academy
Stoco
Academy
Stephens
Ralph Cole
Pugilists
Harlan Groach
Bud Atkinson
Joe Peters
Lynn Hampton
Marvin Cadle
Basil Meadows
Herbert Clark
Junior Peters
West Virginia
Washburn and others top college scores in early results
A fragment lists game scores including Washburn 38 over St Louis University 25 and John Marshall 57 over Mt. St Marys 27, with Rice 26, Oklahoma 34 over Arkansas 24, Oklahoma A. and M. 15, Texas A. and M. 24, and Jacksonville College 23, among others.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma A. & M
Texas A. and M
Jacksonville College
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Ruth
United States
Paulino
Corn Griffin
Baer-Carera
Art Lasky
Baer. Lasky
Steve Hamas
Baer-Carnera
Prussia
Atlantic
New York State Athletic Commission
Baer
Little Joe Gould
Fistiana
Barney Ross
Lou Ambers
Tony Canzoneri
Ambers
Pittsburgh
Joe Louie
Germany
Turkeys
Baby Stuart Brand
Porterhouse Steak
Irwin’s Grocery
Third Ave
Beckley, W. Va
Penn State
Maryland Distillery, Inc
Relay, Md
Quart No
G. S. Coffee
ARTEX
Hershey
Bay
Chuck Roast
Bologna
Kale
Sophia Beckley
Oak Hill
Rhodell
Hinton
E. Beckley
Marscott
Eccles Beaver Y Torrp
Faye
Tom Walker
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