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BILLY GRAHAM V. CHICO VEJAR read the signs in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden (see SPORT). But the big event one night last week was the old battle of the Rev. Billy Graham v. the Devil. Evangelist Graham drew a laugh from a capacity crowd (22,000) by telling how a little boy in the audience had been disappointed when Billy turned out not to be his prize fighter namesake. Then, for the first time at a major meeting in New York, he moved in on the sinners of the big town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Billy in the Ring | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

...Middleweight Chico Vejar took time out from his N.Y.U. drama studies to mix it up for ten rounds in the Garden with elderly (32) Stylist Billy Graham, and squeaked by with a split decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Mar. 14, 1955 | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

...majors for all the talent they can get. This month, as the southern season got under way, a traveling ball fan could recognize familiar names. The Yankees' Willie Miranda and the Senators' Con Marrero were playing for Cuba's Almendares. The White Sox's Chico Carrasquel was in Caracas. In Santurce, P.R., fans were being treated to the antics of the Giants' incomparable Willie Mays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Winter Leagues | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

...nation last week, newspapers were reviving a 20-year-old feud with broadcasters. Nashville's Banner and Tennessean made front-page announcements that thenceforth they would print radio & TV program listings only in paid advertisements. They were joined by five other newspaper publishers in Oklahoma City and Chico, Calif. The trade journal Editor & Publisher found "a good deal of logic" in their position. Nashville's seven radio & TV stations were standing firm at week's end, confident that public pressure would force the newspapers back into free program listing. Said a Nashville set owner: "I just wish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Press v. Broadcasters | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

...this winter to trade slugging First Baseman Eddie Robinson (22 homers) for Philadelphia First Baseman Ferris Fain, who hit enough singles last year to become league batting champion (.327). Fain will be Richards' "take-charge" man in a. tight defensive infield that includes Second Baseman Nelson Fox, Shortstop Chico Carrasquel and Veteran Third Baseman Vernon Stephens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Chicago Idea | 4/13/1953 | See Source »

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