Rory Calhoun: From Friday Night Fights to Shakespeare
The Los Angeles Times recalls Rory Calhoun, the Friday Night Fighter known as a crowd pleaser who fought fierce battles, earned a quarter million, and later sought cinema and stage work. He faced rivals like Randy Sandy and Dick Tiger, lived in fading bright lights, and dreamed of a Channel 9 acting career.
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Calhoun
Herman Calhoun
Carnegie Hall
Frank Bachman
Randy Sandy
Yolande Pompey
Hank Heney
Bobby Boyd
Spider ‘Webb
Tiger’ Jones
Tiger
Africa
Bachman
Shakespeare
Old Vic
Channel 9
Jin Brora
John Giel
Gud
Rory Calhoun
Randy
Sandy, Dick
Will “Shakespeare
Santa Rita City Leagues Schedule Confusion
A garbled page lists Santa Rita league matchups and times such as Moreno Bros. versus Oneky, Baptist versus Bzarks, TJCC versus Fire, Holligans versus Vikings, and Blue Angles. OCR ruins clarity, but indicates Pro-Am and local sports scheduling across multiple teams and venues.
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Santa Rita
Moreno Bros
Oneky I
Fees
Baptist
Bzarks
E'S
del Rorte
TJCC
Fire ‘Ren
Outhern Baptist
Killowalts
Holligans
Vikings
Air Force Major Heads Shooters at Camp Perry
Air Force Major Franklin Green of San Antonio won the center-fire title and led the Air Force Blue team to victory in the national pistol championships at Camp Perry Ohio. Green posted a fourth-score 74 and a total of 1763 points of a possible 1800. The winning team posted 1155 points, ten ahead of the Marine Corps Red squad. Teammates included Sgt Arnold Truce of New York Sgt Jehan Ditmore of Huntsville Arkansas and Sgt Edwin Teague of Chandler Arizona.
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Ohio
Air Force
Franklin Green
San Antonio
Tex
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Green
Air Force Blue
Easy
Marine Scorps
Arnold Truce
New York
Jehan Ditmore
Huntsville
Ark
Edwin ‘Teague
Chandler
Arizona
Williams Wins Heavyweight Bout in Houston
Heavyweight champion Cleveland Williams of Houston defeated Jean Claude Roy of Montmagny Quebec by a unanimous first round decision Tuesday night in Houston. Roy failed to land cleanly as Williams dominated with relentless rights and lefts to secure the decisive win.
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Houston
Cleveland Williams
Canada
Jean Claude Roy
Montmagny
Quebec
Lonborg Shuts Out White Sox Boosts Red Sox Hope
Boston pitcher Jim Lonborg delivered a strong eight two win over Chicago, sparking renewed pennant hopes for the Red Sox. He faced no walks, yielded eight hits and exited with a 7-2 lead as Boston won six of seven to tighten the American League race.
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Jim Lonborg
Boston Red Sox
Lonborg
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Chicago White Sox
Red Sox
A &1
California
White Sox
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