1930 Year In Sports Highlights Boxing’s Best Year
The year featured Max Schmeling’s knockout of Joe Louis and Braddock’s upset, with a surge of foreign talent in heavyweight and lightweight divisions. Tony Canzoneri fell as Lou Ambers rose, Freddie Steele won the middleweight crown, Sixto Escobar claimed bantamweight world title, and John Henry Lewis defeated Len Harvey in London. Boxing clubs reopened widely as tours abroad boosted profits and popularity.
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Eddie Brietz
Associated Press
New York
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Max Baer
James J. Braddock
Jack Dempsey
Nat Fleischer
Ring Magazine
Kave
Gunnar Barland
Finland
Arturo Godoy
Chile
Enrico Venturi
Aldo Spaldi
Jimmy Braddock
Schmeling
Tony Canzoneri
Lou Ambers
Freddie Steele
Seattle
Wash
Babe Risko
Teddy Yarosz
Pittsburgh
Petey Sarron
Birmingham
National Boxing Association
Freddy Miller
Cincinnati
Mike Belloise
New York State
Henry Armstrong
California
Sixto Escobar
Puerto Rico
Tony Marino
Balthazar Sangchili
Spain
International Boxing Union
John Henry Lewis
London
Len Harvey
England
Lewis
Open and Honest Policy Threatens College Sports
DePaul University defeats Illinois 31 to 25 and Minnesota beats Creighton 34 to 23. Maj. John L. Griffith, Big Ten athletic commissioner and NC A A president, warns that subsidizing players would wreck college sports. He argues for amateur principle, noting some bad practices but urging not to pay all players.
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DePaul University
Illinois
Minnesota
Creighton
Associated Press
Chicago
John L. Griffith
Big Ten
National Collegiate
A. A
Griffith
Jacobs-New York AC in Argument over Wrestlers and Boxing
New York state athletic commission ruled Promoter Mike Jacobs must move weekly Hippodrome wrestling shows from Monday to avoid Curley promotions and refused to sanction a Barland Burman heavyweight bout. Jacobs threatened to bar Joe Louis from New York rings and halt upcoming Pastor and Buffalo bouts until wrestling dates are resolved, saying the commission seeks state tax benefits. Curley accused Jacobs of leveraging years of groundwork to promote Monday cards, jeopardizing Curley’s business.
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Associated Press
New York
New York State Athletic Commission
Mike Jacobs
Jacobs
Joe Louis
New York State
Buffalo
Pastor
Curley
71St Regiment Armory
Roosevelt Track to Be Made Over for Vanderbilt Cup
The Roosevelt Raceway at Westbury Long Island will be reshaped to boost average speeds for the next Vanderbilt Cup renewal. General manager Major George H. Robertson said the reconfiguration, costing about $100,000, will reduce the lap length to three and a third miles from four, replacing the circuit used when Tazio Nuvolari won the 300 mile race on October 12.
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Associated Press
New York
Roosevelt Raceway
Westbury
L. I
George H. Robertson
Tazio Nuvolari
Italy
Baltimore Ninten Race Horses Sail Abroad to Puerto Rico
Horses aboard the bull line steamer Delfina were sent to San Juan to race at the island’s two tracks. They are called strike breakers as they are meant to offset a workers’ strike by local horse owners demanding higher purses at the twice weekly meets.
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Associated Press
Baltimore—Ninten
Bull Line
Delfina
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Orioles Buy Player Leroy Schalk from Newark Bears
Baltimore Orioles general manager John Ogden announced the purchase of second baseman Leroy A. Schalk from the Newark Bears for about $10,000. Schalk previously joined the Yankees from Oklahoma City in 1932.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
John Ogden
Baltimore Orioles
Leroy A. Schalk
Newark Bears
Schalk
New York Yankees
Oklahoma City
Tilden to Start Ith Year As Pro
New York William Tatem Tilden II prepared for his seventh year as a tennis professional with a new team including Hyotaro Satoh a Tokyo sportswriter and others Vinnie Richards Martin Plan and Al Chapin. The troupe adds a manager a ball boy and a 1000 pound canvas court as Tilden reads detective stories on tour and expresses bold confidence in his knees and the sport’s future.
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Associated Press
William Tatem Tilden II
Mr. Tilden
Bill
Hyotaro Satoh
Tokyo
Satoh
Vinnie Richards
Martin Plan
France
al Chapin
Tilden
New York Officials Pay Tribute After Boxing Fight Deaths
The manager and dean of New York officials died from a heart attack at the Louis Schmeling fight in New York. Joe Humphreys, famous as an announced figure, died after a long illness, and Billy Papke Jim Clabby and Packy McFarland, all famous middleweights of their era, answered their last bell on Sunday racing.
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New York
Louis Schmeling
Joe Humphreys
Billy Papke
Jim Clabby
Packy McFarland
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