Word: hoff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Your sketch of Mr. J. J. Tunney's earnings 1926-27, and Mr. Mara's idea of the amount due him (TIME, Nov. 17), reminds me of the days when kings offered half their kingdoms- and now Mr. Hoff and his claim, if granted, would make Mr. Tunney's victories as expensive as the horse Richard III called...
...against him by Timothy J. ("Big Tim") Mara, promoter, for 25% ($526,812) of Fisticuffer Tunney's earnings, in return for alleged service's of "fixing" politicians, publicity "build ups" et al. (TIME, Nov. 17). Next week Fisticuffer Tunney will defend a similar suit brought by Max ("Boo-Boo") Hoff, Philadelphia "fixer...
...Tunney got "tied ... up for in Philadelphia" was sued for in 1927 by Max ("Boo-Boo") Hoff, potent Philadelphia racketeer. Hoff is reputed to have been promised $200,000 for supplying Tunney with a mysterious sort of "protection." That suit never went to trial...
...Wanamaker International Trophy, engraved with the names of Paavo Nurmi, Charles Hoff, Dr. Otto Peltzer, and Ray Conger was sent last week to be engraved with the American name (Stella Walsh) of Stella Walaciewicz, Polish girl sprinter, because she had set a new world record for women, 6 seconds, in the 50-yard dash at the Millrose Games in Manhattan...