Word: davey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Quaker squad, was injured in practice Friday and did not play. To compensate for Jerbasi's absence, Penn coach Charles Scott moved left fullback Charley Kalme to center halfback, where he did an adequate job. Regular left half Bob Trigg filled in for Kalme at fullback, and right inside Davey Buten switched to left halfback. Fred Mansouri was elevated to first-string inside...
...Call me a come-in fighter, a counterpuncher, an aggressive boxer. Call me anything you want," said Featherweight Champion Davey Moore, 25. "But if you really want to know what I am, I'm a street fighter, man, the best you ever...
...best street fighter ever produced by Kiefer Junior High School in Springfield, Ohio, Davey Moore was rough and ready last week to defend his title against the man he had won it from last March: Hogan ("Kid") Bassey, the broad-shouldered son of a Nigerian farmer, and, by order of Queen Elizabeth, Member of the Order of the British Empire. Bassey's patriotic flair tickled Moore. "Bassey wants to win for his country," said he. "Well, that's nice. Me, I'm not fighting for any high ideals. I've got six big mouths to feed...
Wednesday Night Fights (ABC, 10 p.m.). Hogan ("Kid") Bassey, the Oxford-accented stylist from Nigeria, gets a chance to belt Davey Moore loose from his world featherweight championship...
...compact (5 ft. 3 in., 125 lbs.) Bassey has one of the fastest pairs of fists in boxing, but he is also a bleeder who cuts easily around the eyes. He lost two fights earlier in his career when cuts were opened up. Davey Moore. 25, a minister's son and ex-Golden Glover from Springfield, Ohio, was just the kind of fighter who spells bad news for Bassey-a rugged slugger with a darting left and a clubbing right. The fight crowd knew it, and Bassey was no better than even money at the opening bell...