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When reached by the CRIMSON at Monaca, Pa., last night, Williams said that "I am happy to have the opportunity to join Coach Jordan's staff, as I have always held Harvard in high regard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Josh Williams of Pitt Joins Jordan Staff of Coaches | 3/17/1950 | See Source »

...Henry Pylkowski ("Babe Risko"), 22-year-old ex-sailor of Syracuse. N. Y.; his 25th professional fight, against Teddy Yarosz of Monaca, Pa., for the middle-weight championship of the world; winning twelve of 15 rounds; in Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Sep. 30, 1935 | 9/30/1935 | See Source »

Middleweight. When Thaddeus Jarosz (Teddy Yarosz) of Monaca, Pa. was eight years old, his father caught him practicing with a pair of boxing gloves. Enraged, Father Jarosz seized an axe, hacked the gloves to pieces. Before the biggest crowd (28,000) that ever attended a prizefight in Pittsburgh, 24-year-old Teddy Yarosz last week used another pair of gloves to hack the face of Middleweight Champion Vince Dundee. After eleven rounds, Dundee really began to fight. He won the last four rounds, did his best work in the 15th. but when the bell rang two of the three judges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fights | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

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