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NEW YORK GLOVERS READY FOR CHICAGO
by Ray Bates
Two teams of highly-tentioned battlers - mightiest
mittmen from both sides of the Mississippi - will climax the stirring '
39 Golden Gloves campaign when they clash in 16 sparkling championship
tussles in the annual East vs. West classic at Chicago Stadium Wednesday
night. The colorful meeting of the nation's most famous squads
marks the end of a grueling three-month grind, with winners unanimously
acclaimed undisputed Golden Gloves champions of America.
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William Speary, New York's Golden Gloves bantamweight champion,
will seek his third intercity title in tonight's battles with the
Chicago team in the Stadium. He is the only man on either squad
with two crowns to his credit.
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CHICAGO CHAMPIONS BOX NEW
YORK TONIGHT
NEW YORK HAS A FIGHTING TEAM AND IT ADMITS IT
COACH IS CONFIDENT ON EVE OF STADIUM BOUTS
by Jack Mahon
New York News Sports Writer
Chicago Daily Tribune
Wednesday March 29,1939
"We're ready-and we'll win." That was
the open letter-to their families, their sweetheart, and their pals-that
New York's Golden Glove horde asked us to send back home as they await
the opening gong in the 1939 InterCity Golden Gloves title bouts with
the pride of the West tonight. Radiating pep and enthusiasm and
trained to a razor's edge, our small army of leather pushers practically
swaggered as they promised to become the first New York's team ever to
whip Chicago on its own battleground in the stadium.
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Ray Robinson, Billy Speary & Johnny Forte
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West Glovers Lead; Third Title
for Speary
By Jack Mahon
Chicago, March 29. --As closely matched as a pair of book ends,
the New York and Chicago Golden Gloves teams completed the first seven
bouts of their annual amateur fistic warfare with New York leading, 4-3,
before near-sellout crowd of about 20,000 at the Stadium last
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William Speary, New York, 118 pound
champion for Philadelphia (black trunks), had a major task in
beating Chester Ellis, Chicago's champion. Speary won the decision.
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