Philadelphia Promoter Is Heavy Loser
Philadelphia boxing promoter Herman Taylor reports heavy losses from the Ike Williams Beau Jack fight and warns no future visual broadcasts will occur without insurance against empty seats. The piece discusses TV's impact on major leagues, radio decline, and territorial rights in baseball football and boxing.
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Steve Snider
New York
Herman Taylor
Philadelphia
Ike Williams
Beau Jack
Forday
Baseball Giants
Bobo Advances To Front Rank In 1948 Kansas Tourney
Herschel Bobo, manager, leads the Harvard Five in the 1948 Holiday Tourney at Kansas. Woody Johnson serves as pilot for the Helena Gors in the Big Seven league setup with minor league teams, as Seaporters visit City, Missouri from December 27 to 30.
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Helena
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Harvard University
Herschel Bobo
Kansas
Seaporters
City
Ager
Colby College Names New Track and Assistant Football Coach
WATERVILLE Me UP Robert J Keefe is named varsity track coach and assistant football coach at Colby College, succeeding Lloyd M Anderson who resigned last month. Keefe, a Brooklyn College graduate, comes from Hamilton College where he coached track swimming and was an assistant football coach.
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Robert J. Keefe
Colby College
Lloyd M. Anderson
Keefe
Brooklyn College
Oberlin College
Hamilton College
Ulen's Cripple Protege Wins Olympic Post
Hal Ulen Harvard coach helped crippled swimmer Forbes Norris win Olympic chance by guiding his training from Camp Wallula to national and AAU events. Norris, from Richmond VA, overcame a broken hip and long cast to place second at trials and earn Olympic selection through Ulen's relentless letters and coaching from afar.
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Harvard
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Winchester
Mass
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Syracuse
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Richmond
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Ted
Lake Williams
N.Y
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Ade Ie
Detroi
Jimmy McLane
Pruins
Andover Academy
Dlacle Taylor
Akron
Bill Hinosaor
Northwestern
Secon
Melane
Mieshar
Taylor
Hal Norris
Lonsdon
Thrill Cama
Molane
Flyesner
Ex Notre Dame Gridders Sign With Buffalo Bills
Ex Notre Dame players Bill Gompers and Chick Maglolli join the Buffalo Bills football club. Gompers, 20, 6'1" 190 pounds, rushed for five yards per carry in 1948 and had limited action in 1947 due to a leg injury. Maglolli, 22, 180 pounds, played at Notre Dame before transferring to Illinois and had a 18 yard scoring run for Notre Dame in 1945.
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Buffalo Bills
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Notre Dame
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Gompers
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Jalke Rykowellon
Illinois
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Winh Lover Minnis
Club Directors Squabble Over Sacramento Baseball Records
Sacramento records of the Sacramento Baseball Association, operator of the Pacific Coast League club, show irregular stock actions. The State Division of Corporations investigated stock issuance, noting Oscar Eage and Yubi Separovich as officers with disputed holdings and ownership, while EPAROVICIE remains listed with 600 shares.
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Sacramento] Baseball Association
Pacific Coast Teague Baseball Club
Cor
Oscar Eage Ailorany
Salonger
Yubi Separovich
Lee
Benefit Golf For Poor Crosby Set In West
A charity golf event in Spokane West will raise funds for Crosby who began his career in local sports. The tournament features 8500 in prize money and will attract ten amateur and professional players from the Northwest. Organizers have not yet set a date and the event aims to aid Crosby’s causes.
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Milli Crosby
Spofaunes
Angha
Acvording
Davey Fuller Flashes Speed On Base Paths
Richmond Giants star 21 year old David Fuller lightspeed base stealing for the Negro American Association. With 63 steals in 49 games he rarely slides and only three times caught this season. He is praised as the biggest base thief in the minors or majors.
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Rockets Sign New York Players in Trade Burst
The Chicago Rockets acquire halfback Steve Juzwile and end Roy Kurrandh from the New York Yankees in exchange for guard Jon Signaigo from Notre Dame. The Rockets also signed Stetson, a UCLA halfback, from the Yankees at an unannounced price.
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Chicago Rockets
New York Yankees
Steve Juzwile
Roy Kurrandh
Jon Signaigo
Notre Dame
Chicago
Bowisht
Stetson
UCLA
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