Word: muldoon
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...took him to St. Louis where, still in short pants, he got a job with McNish, Johnson & Slavin's Refined Minstrels, singing A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother. This job was the making of him. He became a protege of the late, bully-built William Muldoon (later T.R.'s sparring partner), who was then touring the minstrel circuit with Charley Mitchell, the little man who wouldn't stay down for the great John L. Sullivan. Joe learned to box (well enough to claim the bantamweight championship in 1886, and troupe later with Bob Fitzsimmons...
...matches before the final, heavy-weight bout, Bill Daughaday at 165 had practically brought the stands to their feet with a thrilling near fall in the last 5 seconds of his match. However, Lenox Muldoon, his opponent, managed to keep Bill from pinning him until after the horn called a stop to the contest...
Captain Harvey Ross is a definite favorite in the 121-pound class as he takes on a sophomore, Al Marasca. Regardless of the ability of the Columbia wrestler, Ross's experience should tell. At 165 a close battle is expected between Bill Daughaday and Lenox Muldoon. The latter is a senior at Columbia...
Died. William Muldoon, 88, "Old Roman" and "Iron Duke" of U. S. sport, longtime member of New York State's Athletic Commission; of cancer of the prostate gland; at Purchase, N. Y. As world's Graeco-Roman wrestling champion in the 1880's, he successfully defended his title against Clarence Whistler, "The Kansas Demon," in three historic draw matches. In the third Muldoon broke Whistler's collarbone. In 1881 Muldoon discovered John L. Sullivan, arranged his first New York boxing match at Harry Hill's. Eight years later, when Sullivan was world's champion...
...Along (RKO-Radio) tells the familiar tale of the girl who tries to get to Hollywood by means of a beauty contest. In this case the girl is flaxen-haired Lili Damita and she enters more than one beauty contest. She enters a series of them promoted by one Muldoon (Sam Hardy) in various cities, always under a different name and always subsequent to having won over the local judges by her undeniable charm. It is then unscrupulous Muldoon's cue to offer her as the prize $1,000 or a non-existent ticket to Hollywood. Until the enterprising...