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...expected, the freshmen unlimited match between Thayer North's Sandy Tennant and Oscar DePriest of Lionel was mildly brutal to say the least. The crowd was extremely vocal as the competitors unloaded every shot "from way back home." Tennant wonn" very close decision on the strength of his middle round performance...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Farneti Takes Ring Crown Left Jab is Key to Decision Over O'Neal | 3/19/1971 | See Source »

...freshman bouts are concerned, be sure to circle the unlimited match between Oscar DePriest and Sandy Tennant on your program; it should be the best. Two real bulls, who hit with complete abandon, will lock horns and the lumpy mat at the IAB should have numerous visitors...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: IAB Hosts Fight of Century Today Farneti-O'Neal Set to Do Battle | 3/18/1971 | See Source »

Puritan Bill Erman won the javelin. His 143-foot toss was nearly 13 feet ahead of Deacon Frank Manheim's effort, with Gene Kearney of Adams third and Bellboy Oscar DePriest fourth. Roger Davis of Adams was a close second in the broad jump, followed by Ronnie Breslow of Lowell and Dann Troxell of Leverett. Funster John Simpson and Owen Edmonds of Kirkland tied for fifth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Pace Field in House Track | 5/23/1950 | See Source »

...Freshmen in Group 1 standing are Robert Ashenhurst, Jero W. Bruner, Geoffrey D. Bush, Thompson M. Clarke, Francis F. Chen, Hampton Davis, Oscar DePriest, Samuel I. Epstein, P. W. Gifford, Jr., S. William Green, Ulrich E. Kruse, Vaslilos G. Letson, Gavin Miller, James Schlesinger, V. E. Starzinger, and M. B. Yarmolinsky...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 16 Freshmen Attain Group I in Spring | 7/18/1947 | See Source »

...dining rooms were reserved exclusively for Congressmen, and not open to the general public, the refusal might have been warranted. It was based solely on a ruling by the congressional committee in charge, excluding negroes from the dining rooms. Not only is this ruling manifestly unfair to Representative Oscar DePriest, colored Congressman from Illinois, it again tramples in the dust the American principle of equal rights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RESERVED TABLES | 3/19/1934 | See Source »

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