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Died. Jack Curley, 61, famed showman and promoter; after a heart attack; in Great Neck, L. I. Born Jacques Armand Schuel of Alsatian parents in San Francisco, Jack Curley changed his name when he ran away from home to become a reporter, mechanic, waiter, trainer to Barney Oldfield, then a famed bicycle rider. In 1899 he promoted his first major sports event, a Chicago wrestling match between Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt. Subsequently he promoted the famed Havana prizefight between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard, bullfights, Annette Kellerman, Mrs. Pankhurst, Rudolph Valentino, Georges Carpentier, William Jennings Bryan, William T. Tilden...
...current worries of customers' men is the innovation by this firm and C. D. Barney & Co. of "account supervision" departments which employ statisticians and researchers instead of affable but ill-informed conversationalists...
Married. Judge Thomas Francis ("Barney") Moran, 69, famed Reno divorce judge; to Mrs. Jessie M. Smith, longtime clerk of his court; in Reno. A grandmother, she gave her age as "over...
...represented at all in the 1937 Academy is Britain's greatest R. A., bearded, talented Augustus John. A steady contributor and a potent moneymaker for many years, Artist John has been too sick the past year to do any painting at all. In his honor Sculptor Barney Scale submitted a portrait bust whose bearded dignity was little spoiled by the fact that a prankster's lighted cigaret left in the mouth burned a spot that made Artist John look as though he were suffering from a virulent cold sore...
...hard-fought game which resolved into a goalies' battle, the Freshmen were turned back by the Brown Freshmen 1-0. The only score of the game came early in the fourth period. Chief thorn in the Yardling side was Barney, the Brown net-minder...