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...year younger and six pounds lighter. He, Jockey Sylvio Coucci of New York, had a success at Agua Caliente a year ago. The Greentree Stables, owned by Mrs. Payne Whitney, bought Jockey Coucci's contract from the Coburn Brothers (John and George), onetime racehorse owning partners of Jack Dempsey. His record with 835 mounts this year has been 161 winners, 143 seconds. He has won only twelve important stakes this season, to Mills's 18, but Coucci's twelve were worth more money, $166,095 to $86,017. He won the American Derby and the Arlington Park...
...Paul was the Professional Golfers' Association championship, hardest match-play tournament in the world to win, for which British & U. S. Open Champion Gene Sarazen failed to qualify three weeks ago. Ponderous Olin Dutra who looks like Jack Dempsey and handles his putter like an elephant with a teaspoon, won the medal with 140. His brother Mortie, Johnny Farrell, Mike Turnesa, Abe Espinosa, Walter Kozak, Tommy Armour and last year's Open champion, Billy Burke, were all over the play-off score?153. The first round was memorable for two tremendous matches which passed the record set when Chick Evans...
...relations of President Veeck and Manager Hornsby. Revered by most of his underlings for his baseball knowledge and ability, his scrupulous fairness, Hornsby has never made any effort to endear himself to his employers. President Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals said that he would rather fight Jack Dempsey than have an argument with Hornsby. First Baseman Charley Grimm was appointed to replace Manager Hornsby whose $8,000 a month contract expires...
...nonchalant that it was seized upon afterwards as a significant item for the furious arguments that followed the fight. Four out of the last five heavyweight championship fights have had acrimonious aftermaths but last week's was based on something more tangible than a hypothetical poisoning (Dempsey- Tunney), a "long count" (Tunney-Dempsey), a questionable foul (by Sharkey in the fight which gave Schmeling the heavyweight championship two years ago"). Last week a large number of the spectators thought the decision went to the wrong man. While Sharkey leaned over Schmeling, Announcer Joe Humphreys collected three slips of paper...
...observed that most U. S. heroes started out as lawyers, determined to do likewise. Admiring the deeds of Frank Merriwell, hero of boys' books by Author Gilbert Patten, he decided to emulate Hero Merriwell also. He got a scholarship at Denver University. While he was there, Jack Dempsey came to town. They boxed an exhibition match. Eagan gave Demp sey a hard punch on the jaw. "He [Dempsey] hummed the tune 'Everybody Two-Step,' keeping time with his whole body. . . . Then something fell on my head! It felt like a rafter from the roof...