Laffineur the French middleweight eyeing world status
The article notes Yvan Laffineur, 19, a rising French middleweight, will train in San Francisco after returning from Australia. Promoter Leo Lee will bring Laffineur, plus Raymond Hlangon and Fernand Blimpie, to challenge middleweights, with Laffineur touted for his tall frame and unusual chin.
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Rugby Expulsion Sought After Carombes Crowd Riot
Ireland defeated France 8 to 3 at Carombes stadium as violence flared crowds of about 30 600 roared and jeered. Referee R Keott from Scotland narrowly escaped with 100 Paris reserves escorting him through a back gate.
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Scotland
Paris
May Revoke Rule Of After-Season Baseball Playing
Legislation banning minor leaguers from post October 31 benefit or exhibition games may be amended. Los Angeles club secretary Bovis Weber says a move to permit Class 8 and 1 leagues to pass time after Oct 31 is under consideration to aid young players development during winter play.
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Weber
Boxes 45 Rounds on 45th Birthday
Philadelphia Chronicle notes University of Pennsylvania coach George Decker boxed 45 rounds on his forty fifth birthday continuing a tradition. Decker, a professional lightweight, sparred with past and present Penn mitt squad members, including Sam Le and Jay William Sechler.
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George Decker
University of Pennsylvania
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Decker
Eddie Hanlon
Verry McGovern
Benny Yanger
Young Erne
Squared Circle
Horse Hero Rescues Foals in Wolf Attack
In the Zurja Valley a stallion defended foals from a wolf attack. Two horsemen fled but the stallion charged, biting the wolf’s neck and dragging it away before delivering the stunned animal to its master Jano Koral.
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Zurja
Janos Koral
Swordfish Defeats Whale in Gong Island Sound Encounter
Passengers aboard a sound liner recount a dramatic hour long clash between a giant swordfish and a whale in Gong Island Sound at noon. The whale was speared to death, according to witnesses who landed in Manhattan tonight.
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New York
Gong Island Sound
Manhattan
Silent-Even Retired Amherst Coach Newport Still Active
Dwight Doc Newport has coached Amherst College athletes for 88 years and remains involved. He recalls President Calvin Coolidge, graduated in 1905, as a keen spectator during college athletic events.
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Reuter
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Amherst College
Calvin Coolidge
Amherst
Rickard to Trail Tunney to St Louis for Title Fight Pact
New York Jan Tex Rickard will trail Gene Tunney to St. Louis to meet the heavyweight champion on his theatrical tour and push for a contract for the first title defense. Rickard said Tunney would be met in St. Louis Tuesday.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Gene Tunney
Boxing Too Brutal For Ukrania Folk Boxing
ERARKOV Russia January 8 boxing has been forbidden as brutalizing by the Ukrainian Supreme Council of Physical Culture. The council says pugilism does not aid physical development and revives savage instincts in man.
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