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Dogs & Peacocks. Noble's trials began in 1945; until then, he kicked back 25% of the profits of his crap games for "protection" by Benny Binion, kingpin of Dallas gambling during the war years. When Binion raised the ante to 40%, Noble rebelled. Two "enforcers" went after him in a wild night automobile chase and shot him in the back. About that time, Binion moved to Las Vegas, and Noble retired from gambling to become a rancher and a trader in surplus airplane engines. The feud between them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: The Last Days of The Cat | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

Saturday, Dec. 29. - Ballou, H., beat Price, C.; Van Kleeck, H., drew with Binion, C.; Belden, P., beat Ross, Y.; Seymour, P., drew with Bumstead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Wins at Chess. | 1/3/1895 | See Source »

Monday, Dec. 31. - Van Kleeck. H., drew with Belden, P.; Ballou, H., drew with Seymour. P.; Ross, Y., beat Binion, C.; Price, C., beat Bumstead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Wins at Chess. | 1/3/1895 | See Source »

Tuesday, Jan. 1. - Ross, Y., beat Ballou, H.; Van Kleeck, H., beat Bumstead, Y.; Seymour, P., beat Binion, C.; Belden, P., drew with Price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Wins at Chess. | 1/3/1895 | See Source »

...Binion, Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Wins at Chess. | 1/3/1895 | See Source »

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