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...that Cuban boxer Kid Charol fought former world middleweight champion Dave Chade and held him to a twelve-round draw despite being in critical condition due to tuberculosis?
...that Major League Cricket planned to launch a professional cricket league in the United States, with the goal of qualifying the U.S. for the Cricket World Cup by 2011?
...that the race horse Flockton Grey did not even run in the race for which it is best remembered?
...that Raghib Ismail became the highest paid player in gridiron football history when he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League?
...that Comiskey Park (pictured) was the oldest stadium in Major League Baseball until its demolition in 1991?