Word: abbott
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fight, in effect, was for charity. Referee Jack Dempsey gave his services free. Film Comedians Bud Abbott & Lou Costello promoted it as a benefit in aid of the youth foundation established by Costello after his infant son died in 1943. Lightweight Champion Ike Williams, a cool, sharpshooting Negro from New Jersey, whose manager is a good friend of Costello's, took only 7½% of the gate, although Enrique Bolanos, the Mexican-born challenger...
Canadian Finance Minister Douglas Abbott sat in as a Commonwealth member who is also one of the sterling area's chief creditors. He provided what one official later described as "a lot of good dollar area horse sense," breaking into the discussion from time to time with such admonitions as, "You don't imagine Mr. Snyder would listen to that...
Dworkin, Ronald Myles of 167 Laurel Avenue, Providence, R. I.; Classical High, Providence, Hammer, Louis Zelig of 324 West Main Street, Norwich, Conn.; Norwich Free Academy. Kaiser, Walter Jacob of 285 Southwest Street, Bellevue, Ohio; Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. Kanter, Carl Irwin of 23 Abbott Avenue, Danbury, Conn.; Danbury High...
...lack of official competition, the four hopes to enter the race open to quads. The Crimson entry for this race. Joe Eldridge, Heller, Gordy Abbott, and Allen, will be the fours only substantial worry if this shift is allowed by ARA officials. So far the ARA VIP's have not vetoed the plan. This quad has had little practice together but all are well versed in the plying of double oars...
Coach Bruce Munro had to play games with his three regular midfields, only one of which was whole. Abbott had been substituting for ankle-injured Paul Davidson when he got the preliminary cramps; Rick Hudner shifted from attack to take his place...