Louis Pounds Levinsky in Two Minutes Thirty-One Seconds
Chicago August 8 AP King Levinsky, once a fish peddler on Maxwell Street, was defeated by Joe Louis at Comiskey Park in 2 minutes 21 seconds of blistering punching. Louis dominated, dropping Levinsky three times before the referee stopped the fight. Louis eyed a possible September bout with Max Baer, while Levinsky and his handlers faced a costly, crushing exit. Louis earned $47,061.81, Levinsky $31,374.55 from a 50 percent net split.
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Max Baer
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Kingfish
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Twentieth Century Sporting Club of
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Joe Foley
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Chicago Stadium Corporation
Ancil Hoffman
Soldier Field
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Primo Carera
Baseball Scores From The Major Leagues And Minor Circuits
National League Pittsburgh 6 Chicago 0 St Louis 4 Cincinnati 2. American League Boston 6 4 New York 5 6 Cleveland 5 1 Chicago 2 2 second game 10 innings. International League Baltimore 7 2 Buffalo 5 7 Albany 1 Montreal 8 Newark 6 Rochester 2 Syracuse 4 3 Toronto 2 10. Southern Association Atlanta 3 Memphis 1 New Orleans 9 Nashville 4. American Association Indianapolis 3 8 St Paul 8 8 second game darkness. Toledo 4 Milwaukee 2 Columbus 2 Kansas City 5 Louisville 8 Minneapolis 6. Western League Keokuk 10 Council Bluffs 4 Sioux City 6 Davenport 0 Cedar Rapids 12 St Joseph 4. Coast League San Francisco 1 Sacramento 7 Seattle 3 Los Angeles 5 Hollywood 7 Oakland 2 Portland 2 Missions 3. Texas League Fort Worth 7 3 Galveston 9 5 Tulsa 7 2 San Antonio 8 4 Dallas 5 9 Houston 2 1 Oklahoma City 5 4 Beaumont 6 5
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Cardinals Hold Narrow Margins After Six straight Wins
The St Louis Cardinals remain within one game of the Chicago Cubs after a six game winning streak and a 4 2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Pirates shut out the Cubs 6 0 as Cy Blanton earned his 13th win. Ed Heusser stopped the Reds after Hallahan left due to heat. The Indians split a doubleheader with the White Sox as they took the first game 5 2 and lost 2 1 in ten innings. The Yankees and Red Sox split a twin bill with Boston winning 6 5 on Crowin’s ninth inning homer and New York prevailing 6 4 in the nightcap. Lefty Grove pitched for the Yankees.
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Fights Last Night Report From Major Cities
Duality Circulation earns No 14 of the season as Vernon Gomez wins the nightcap for his tenth. Chicago and Detroit bouts list stoppages and outpoints for fighters including Louis, King Levinsky, Joe Gans, Sixto Escobar, and Pete DeGrasso among others with multiple regional results and rankings.
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Softball Scores From Last Night
Amonett’s defeated CCC 1 to 0 in a tight contest. Record downed Kiwanis 14 to 10, and Moseley’s beat D A V 7 to 10 in a high scoring night of softball action.
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Joe Louis Downs Levinsky
Oscar Rankin
Joe Gans
Jorge Brescha
Buenos Aires
Johnny Emery
Allentown
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Russe Schultz
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