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Black L.A. 1947, Jackie Robinson Joins Dodgers

Posted on April 16, 2018 by lmharnisch

  April 17, 1947: Jackie Robinson’s signing with the Dodgers is Page 1 news in the Sentinel…. … And on the cover of the sports section in the Los Angeles Times – and no picture or even a Page 1 … Continue reading →

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Black L.A., 1947: Animator George Pal Sponsors Youth Basketball Team

Posted on February 28, 2018 by lmharnisch

Feb. 27, 1947: The Sentinel never wrote anything further about the Newton Pals basketball team. The team members were listed as Charles Ward, Louis Augistine, Marion Person, Charles Davis, Henry Morrison, Aroyce Robinson, Ralph Swere, Roland Bundice and James Howard. … Continue reading →

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Black L.A. 1947: Dodgers Organization Signs 3 More Negro League Stars

Posted on February 5, 2018 by lmharnisch

Feb. 6, 1947: Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey Sr. signs three more stars of the Negro baseball league: Monty (Monte) Irvin and Larry Doby of the Newark Eagles and Bus Clarkson, formerly of the Philadelphia Stars who most recently played … Continue reading →

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Jan. 17, 1947: Big Bill Tilden Gets Jail for Morals Case Involving Teenage Boy

Posted on January 17, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is a post I wrote in 2006 for the 1947project. Jan. 17, 1947: William (Big Bill) Tilden, 54-year-old internationally known tennis star, yesterday was sentenced to serve nine months in the County Jail with a road gang recommendation … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Los Angeles Tennis Club, Society Racket

Posted on June 12, 2017 by lmharnisch

  The Los Angeles Tennis Club, Modern Screen, 1931-32.     Long a favorite activity of high society, tennis has been a way to fashionably exercise and enjoy time with friends for centuries. Los Angeles “in crowd” flocked to tennis, … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: James Davies – Paramount’s Physical Culturist to the Stars

Posted on July 11, 2016 by lmharnisch

James Davies, left, gives Buster Crabbe a rubdown in “Search for Beauty,” with Robert Armstrong, right. Photo courtesy of Mary Mallory    American culture has seen each decade popularize certain fashion styles and body types, some of which fade quickly … Continue reading →

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Golfing in the Crenshaw District, 1940s

Posted on November 9, 2015 by lmharnisch

    A matchbook from Crenshaw Fairways, 3901 S. Crenshaw Blvd., has been listed on EBay as Buy It Now for $1.25.

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Wikipedia Strikes Again: Madison Bumgarner Edition

Posted on October 27, 2014 by lmharnisch

This entry on Madison Bumgarner has been fixed. But that it happened at all illustrates one of the main weaknesses of Wikipedia, which can be edited by anyone. Via Romenesko. The apparent vandal, 70.121.231.64, can be geolocated to either Kansas … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia vs. Joe Streater

Posted on October 11, 2014 by lmharnisch

Thanks to Earl Boebert for pointing us to this one. From Awfulannouncing.com: For years, [Joe] Streater has been falsely linked with one of the greatest scandals in the history of college sports. Streater was 100% not involved in the point … Continue reading →

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1944 on the Radio — Constance Bennett Visits ‘Bill Stern’s Sports Newsreel,’ March 17, 1944

Posted on March 17, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 17, 1944 It’s Friday in 1944 and today we have: — Andy finally located Madam Queen in “The Amos ‘N’ Andy Show.” Courtesy of Archive.org. — Constance Bennett is the guest on “Bill Stern’s Sports Newsreel.” Courtesy of Otrrlibrary.org … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, March 17, 1961

Posted on March 17, 2011 by lmharnisch

There have been a great many heroes of Irish ancestry in the world of sport. But I suppose the one who always comes to mind first is John L. Sullivan. John L., pounding on the bar with his great fist and shouting “When John L. Sullivan drinks, everybody drinks” and “I can lick any man in the house” has become part of the legend of sport, Jim Murray says.
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Hundreds die as planes attack Chinese church, Angels lead league, August 9, 1938

Posted on August 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

    t left, Japanese planes bomb the Catholic cathedral in Canton, China … Superior Court Judge Fletcher Bowron is selected to be a candidate in the recall election against Mayor Frank Shaw, but Bowron hasn’t given his approval. In … Continue reading →

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Olympics in L.A.?

Posted on July 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

July 12, 1958 By Keith ThursbyTimes staff writer Los Angeles officially threw its hat into the Olympic rings for the 1964 Summer Games. Mayor Norris Poulson announced the bid after a meeting with the Southern California Committee for the Olympic … Continue reading →

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Mando Ramos–RIP

Posted on July 7, 2008 by lmharnisch
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June 18, 1958

Posted on June 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

wenty years after Ed Ainsworth’s series on Los Angeles’ congested streets, The Times takes another look at traffic. I (almost) never grow tired of saying that the incredible number of transportation studies performed in Los Angeles would fill a library. … Continue reading →

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May 28, 1908

Posted on May 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above and at left, I’m not sure which is more remarkable, the story about Kate Welsh, the sister of prizefighter Fred Welsh, or the byline: Louise M. George. As late as the 1950s, reporters rarely got bylines, so it’s impossible … Continue reading →

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The Toronto Dodgers?

Posted on May 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 24, 1958 By Keith ThursbyTimes staff writer A day after saying Los Angeles could lose the Dodgers if voters don’t back a plan to build a stadium in Chavez Ravine, National League President Warren Giles turned politician. He played … Continue reading →

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Sports

Posted on February 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Feb. 4-5, 1958Los Angeles Here are some lead sports pages from the Mirror News. This may not seem funny if you don’t work in the news business but to anyone who lays out the paper, what they did with … Continue reading →

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Aaron baseball sold

Posted on November 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 29, 1957 Adjusted for inflation, this baseball went for $7,165.28 in 2006 dollars.   I can hear every memorabilia collector in America screaming.

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The day in sports

Posted on July 26, 2007 by lmharnisch

July 27, 1957 Los Angeles Page 1

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