Tag: Joseph Spearing
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Ryan Honored at Special Fete
Camden Courier-Post – November 3, 1966 More than a score sportsmen from the Camden area attended a surprise 75th birthday party to Tom Ryan, retired sports editor of the Courier-Post, in Kenney’s Camden last night. Sheriff Martin Segal, Sergeant Ray Smith, former AEF heavyweight champion, and a number of other former boxers who have known…
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Life Hereabouts by Charlie Humes
Camden Courier-Post – March 19, 1949 Down Memory Lane with that Old Gang of Yours… in a few of the years when Our Town was as good a sport town as any in the land… from the time that Taylor and Gunnis promoted fights through the years to Roxie Allen… Mickey Blair… Eddie Chaney… Shamus…
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Nearly 4000 Witness Old-Timers in Action
Camden Courier Post – December 20, 1939 Past and Present South Jersey Boxers Go Through Paces in Charity Show NO DECISIONS RENDERED By FRANK KOPESKY They turned back the sporting pages last night, month after month, year after year. And out of the staring type and paling newsprint stepped the images of youths who in…
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Allen Takes Thumping But Gets Even Break
Camden Courier-Post – September 1, 1928 Former Maine Ringster Wins Four Rounds, Loses Three, Splits One in 8-Round Fuss A chorus of 1500 enraged voices, raised in a discordant unison, greeted the announcement of a draw decision handed down by Referee Ray Smith at the conclusion of eight rounds of legal assault between Roxie Allen…
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Michaels Anxious to Beat Spearing
Camden Courier-Post – August 29, 1928 Riverside Youngster Out to Erase Cabana Defeat; Spearing Has Iron Jaw The Joe Spearing-Joey Michaels bout, which is slated as the semi- windup to the Roxie Allen-Emory Cabana fight at the Public Service Park on Friday night, is attracting nearly as much interest as the wind-up. Spearing is rapidly…
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Spearing May Give Michaels Real Tilt
Camden Courier-Post – August 28, 1928 East Camden Lightweight is Rapidly Developing Into Windup Performer Joe Spearing, of East Camden, who meets Joey Michaels, Riverside slugger in the eight-round semi-final to the Roxie Allen-Emory Cabana bout at Public Service Park on Friday night, is rapidly fighting his way into the windup class. It only has…
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Spearing Challenges Local Lightweights
Camden Courier-Post – June 11, 1927 Joe Spearing, star Camden lightweight who has been showing in Philadelphia a great deal lately, is anxious to fight in Camden again, and desires shots at Roxie Allen or any other leading 135-pounder hereabouts. Spearing, who is being handled here by Hubert Cook, is a strong, willing mixer and…