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Identifier

20041517

Description

The Golden Gloves state tournament opened Thursday night at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. Competing in the ring left to right are Billy McDavid and Jose Andreas. Andreas is originally from Mexico and only speaks a few words of English. The seventeen year old is representing Fort Worth, Texas in the Flyweight division. Andreas went on to win the division giving Fort Worth the top team performance. They had a clean sweep with four wins in four starts.

Archival Date

1940-02-16

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1077

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Boxers (Sports); Boxing; Sports; Athletes

Names

McDavid, Billy; Andreas, Jose; Golden Gloves Tournament; Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum

Subjects

Boxers (Sports); Boxing; Sports; Athletes

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