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Died. Louis F. ("Lou") Magnolia (né Magliola), boxing referee famed for his feline springs and crouches to follow the fighters in the ring; of cancer; in Queens, N. Y. His most celebrated decision: disqualifying Phil Scott of England in his bout with Jack Sharkey (Miami, 1930).
Obscured in the world Press, as other scientific meetings have been this year by financial and political events, was the 102nd meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, last week at Leicester, England. Yet the Leicester meeting presented many a useful fact and theory. Science v. Work...
When counsel for World Heavyweight Champion Primo Carnera told Federal Referee Peter B. Olney that his client had mistaken the date of his bankruptcy hearing in Manhattan, gone off on a vacation. Referee Olney was annoyed, set a later date. Counsel explained that Carnera had to fulfill a film contract...
By the end of the sixth round, the cut on Jeby's cheek was an ugly purple welt, his large, hooked nose was bleeding and everyone in the crowd of 12,000 except his managers knew he was a beaten man. At the beginning of the seventh, they counseled...
The whole regatta was marked by a smooth cooperation on the part of all officials, contestants, spectators, etc. There were only three cases of capsized boats, one of those occurring in the Woman's Singles, oddly enough. Following this race, in his capacity as referee, was James Roosevelt, eldest son...