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  IBHOF / Ike Williams
Williams turned pro in 1940 and established himself as a force when he twice beat Sammy Angott in 1944.
Williams engaged in numerous non-title fights that appeared to be more dangerous than his title defenses.
Williams also testified that he was offered bribes to throw his fight against Carter and the second fight against Gavilan.
www.ibhof.com /ike.htm   (294 words)

  
 Ike N. Williams
Ike N. Williams was born April 12, 1877, at Big Rock, Kane County, Illinois, a son of David and Elizabeth (Nightingale) Williams.
Williams was always a good citizen, and took an active part in the movements which made for better conditions in his community.
Ike N. Williams was a child of about five years when taken by his parents to Kansas, and there he grew up on the home farm and secured his early education in the public schools.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/archives/1918ks/biow/williain.html   (951 words)

  
 Panthers' Williams running in a new direction
Williams, a 6-foot, 210-pound sophomore who was recruited out of Valley High School in 1998, found out last fall that the speed and moves that made him a star in high school won't translate into hundreds of yards for Pitt.
Williams last year got caught at the line a lot because he either waited too long to turn upfield or his attempts to duck a tackler didn't work.
Williams said as much as anything, he has to form new habits, to learn to react on every play rather than fall back on the moves he's always used.
www.post-gazette.com /sports_pitt/19990318pittfb7.asp   (537 words)

  
 Ringsidereport.com
Williams turned professional in 1940, and held the NBA Lightweight Championship from 1945-1947 and was the World Lightweight Champion from 1947-1951.
Williams faced off against rugged Bob Montgomery twice, getting beaten severely in their first meeting, and eventually avenged his loss and pummeled Montgomery in six rounds to become recognized as the World Lightweight Champion.
Ike Williams took the stand against his mobbed up manager Blinky Palermo in the 1951 investigation into crooked dealings within the boxing world.
ringsidereport.com /petock8182004.htm   (1090 words)

  
 KO Corner - Aaron Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Williams, 21, is a nine-time U.S. amateur champion, highlighted by gold medals in the 2003 U.S. National PAL Championships as a heavyweight and International Junior Olympics.
Williams, trained by former world light heavyweight champion Eddie Mustapha Muhammad, is co-managed by Pat Doljanin and Albert Falcon.
Cleveland-native Williams, now fighting out of Las Vegas, is scheduled to make his CES debut in the co-feature on the May 11th “The Pride Is Back” card at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode Island.
www.kocorner.com /boxing/category/Aaron-Williams   (515 words)

  
 Student Profile - Ike Williams - Reformed Theological Seminary
Ike Williams is a husband, a father, a major in the Air Force, and an RTS Virtual student.
Ike wanted to be pushed and challenged in his seminary work and was pleased with the Virtual program.
The advice that Ike Williams gives to RTS Virtual students is to keep Christ at the center of the work and not to view seminary simply as an academic exercise.
virtual.rts.edu /site/virtual/about/student_profiles/ike_williams_student_profile.aspx   (282 words)

  
 Ike Turner: King of Rhythm by John Collis
Ike Turner: King of Rhythm by John Collis
Ike Turner is one of the great unsung heroes of modern music.
And the star of the prequel is Ike Turner.
www.thedonotpress.com /titles/iketurner.html   (391 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay:Williams, W. Walter (1894-1983)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Walter Williams was born in Iowa in 1894, but came to the Pacific Coast as a boy when his father, a civil engineer, became assistant chief of construction on the White Pass and Yukon railway lines in Alaska.  Although the Williams family settled for a time in Skagway, they eventually relocated to Seattle.
The Williams family returned to Seattle after the war, eventually settling down in the University District.  Williams gave up teaching for a job in an iron foundry, but later joined the staff of the King County State Bank.  Anna, in the meantime, spent time raising their son Walter B., born to the couple in 1918.
Williams may have had an ulterior motive for leaving the Washington, D.C.  Just two months prior to his resignation, on July 7, 1958, he wed Ruth Meisnest in St. Paul, Minnesota.  It was Williams’ third marriage; his second, to Ethel Tobey, whom he wed in the early 1930s, ended with her death in 1953. 
www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=7193   (1057 words)

  
 HeraldNet - Rookies playing games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As soon as James Williams and Ike Charlton met as hotel roommates before their first Seattle Seahawks minicamp, the alma mater bantering began.
In all, Williams and Charlton matched up four times at the morning practice, but only once was the ball thrown their direction.
Williams, a sixth-round draft choice, is one of 11 receivers trying to make the final cut.
www.heraldnet.com /stories/00/8/17/12879435.CFM   (785 words)

  
 Sweet Science-Boxing
Ike was quite simply --- with apologies to Benny Leonard, Henry Armstrong, Lew Jenkins, Beau Jack, Jimmy Carter and Bob Montgomery and even Roberto Duran - the best lightweight fighter who ever lived.
IKE: (Interrupts): I whipped him in a return match (January 8, 1945) then in June he decisioned me -- but it was an over-the-weight match, just like my loss to Angott later, when he stopped me on a cut.
IKE: Wait a minute -- after I beat Zurita for the NBA lightweight title, I was leaving the ring and some thugs pushed a gun into my ribs and took my championship belt.
www.gamemasteronline.com /Archive/SweetScience/IkeWilliams.shtml   (2842 words)

  
 ike willis
ike willis as a special guest performed with project object for a number of dates during the second week of december and the court tavern show did showcase joe's garage in it's entirety.that's right you heard right the entire joe's garage.
ike willis will be appearing on december 9 at the bottom line in nyc with ed palermo's big band (they appear about once every four to six weeks playing ed's big-band arrangements of fz tunes).
Ike's voice; can't beat it with a fuckin lead-filled snowshoe; playin with Frank all those years shows up in his own guitar playing, he gave us a good taste of FZ: 'son of orange county', 'lucille', 'filthy habits', and 'fl napkins'...Ray joined him onstage for 'outside now' then split.
www.united-mutations.com /w/ike_willis.htm   (2291 words)

  
 Williams Genealogy - Williams Lineages Underway
Her father was David Aurelius Williams who was a second sargeant in the "Lancaster Invincibles" of the Civil War.
He was nicknamed "Honest Ike" and only served one term because, as family has said, "He was too honest!" Quite an accomplishment to hold an office in the Republican State of Idaho as a Democrat.
I have a Llewellyn Williams born in Wales in 1846 and a Jane Willaims born in Soth Wales in 1850They were married in 1867 and had several children.
williams.genealogy.fm /lineages.php   (2231 words)

  
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He checked his watch and shouted, "Come on, Ike, throw some paint, buddy!" Ike Williams knew that renting the 204-foot-tall crane cost $150 per hour, and he knew Wright had workers waiting to board it behind the hotel so they could clean some rainspouts.
It did my heart good to see Williams apply makeup to Roanoke's Grand Old Lady, who was born 122 years ago and has worn her Tudor exterior for as long as I can remember.
Williams showed him the rotted wood and Wright agreed it needed to be replaced, but not until next year, because the holiday season is coming and conferences are booked and the crane had to get out of the driveway, soon.
www.roanoke.com /printer/printpage.aspx?arcID=12104   (658 words)

  
 TIME.com: End of a Champion -- Jun. 4, 1951 -- Page 1
Ike, normally known as a smart operator, made two mistakes: 1) the extra weight that came with easy pickings and age (27) was not so surplus, and 2) Carter was no pushover.
The Ike Williams zip, which had stiffened nearly half of his 137 opponents, was gone.
After a fagged and beaten Ike had hit the canvas for the fourth time in Round 14, the fight was stopped.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,858118,00.html   (535 words)

  
 Making book on Woodward 11/07/97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
That, according to high-powered literary agent John Taylor "Ike" Williams, is what Louise Woodward and Sunil and Deborah Eappen might receive should either party decide to write a book about the case.
Williams, though, believes that what gives the Woodward case its power is not the legal maneuverings but its universality.
Every day, harried working parents place their children in the care of someone who may or may not be emotionally capable of such a demanding task.
home.earthlink.net /~dkennedy56/phoenix_971107louise.html   (295 words)

  
 IKE Newsletter - September 2004
IKE is concerned that the plan’s modest goals will have relatively little tangible impact on the burden of asthma in Indiana.
IKE participates on a workgroup with IDEM, EPA, the City of Indianapolis, Citizens Gas, Marion County Health Department and several local residents to evaluate the situation and assess the potential health risks to residents, especially children.
IKE is also concerned that the facility has many unresolved compliance violations and the City of Indianapolis and IDEM have been slow to get the plant’s compliance issues resolved.
www.ikecoalition.org /IKE_Newsletter/IKE_09-04_newsletter.htm   (3931 words)

  
 Indiana Lead-Safe and Healthy Homes Newsletter - September 2004
For five years, IKE has been asking for Indiana’s Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning to fulfill its federal mandate to ensure that children are screening and local health departments are reimbursed for case management and environmental investigation services provided to lead poisoned children.
IKE is working with ISDH and OMPP to find a way to protect MCHD and to make sure ISDH has the resources to process the claims in a timely and efficient manner.
IKE believes that a proactive system where landlords certify annually that the property complies with codes and MCHD charges landlords for its inspections when the certification is insufficient may be a better approach.
www.ikecoalition.org /LSITF_Newsletter/LSITF_Newsletter_Sept_2004.htm   (2948 words)

  
 Former lightweight boxing champ Ike Williams dies - Obituary - Brief Article Jet - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ike Williams, one of the leading lightweights in boxing history, was recently discovered dead in his Los Angeles apartment.
Williams, who turned professional in 1940, had 123 wins, with 60 knockouts before retiring in 1955.
Williams won the National Boxing Association lightweight title in 1945, and was recognized as the undisputed world lightweight champ in 1947.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n21_v86/ai_15805731   (157 words)

  
 Campus Times, April 23, 1999
Williams won the long jump competition with a mark of 22'09.25 feet.
Besides Jones and Williams, seniors Sean Smith and Roman Holston, and sophomores Nathan Swift and Andre Ike were named to the All-Conference selection.
Holston and Swift are members, along with Williams and Ike, of the 4x400m relay team.
www.ulv.edu /ctimes/990423/track423.htm   (640 words)

  
 IKE WILLIAMS Autograph
Ike Williams (1923-1994), who won his first NBA lightweight championship in 1945 with a second round KO of Juan Zurita, successfully defended his title five times before losing it to Jimmy Carter in 1951.
Williams became a controversial figure in the boxing world following a dispute with his original manager in the mid-1940s.
Williams later testified before a 1960 Senate committee investigating organized crime and boxing that he was offered bribes (which he didn't take) and did not receive prize money (kept by Palermo) for a number of bouts.
www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=264439&start=1&page=   (289 words)

  
 CBS News | Camp battles: NFC South | July 21, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Atlanta selected Demorrio Williams in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Williams had one start as a rookie here last year, so he should have the inside track on the position.
He'll squeeze Williams for the position but looks more like a solid reserve at this point.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/sportsline/main8665330.shtml   (545 words)

  
 SIU - Union Mourns Passing of Retired NMU Port Agent Ike Williams
As a rank-and-file member, Brother Williams constantly was involved in the affairs of the union’s membership.
Brother Williams was a delegate to the 17th National NMU Convention from the port of San Francisco and served on the contract committee in 1976.
“Ike was a very compassionate person who related to and identified with the membership,” said former NMU President and current SIU Vice President at Large René Lioeanjie.
www.seafarers.org /log/2004/062004/ikewilliams.xml   (525 words)

  
 Boxing News-- 24 hours/day-Reload often!
Former world lightweight champion Ike Williams (124-24-5), who was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1978, will have a monument in his honor at the Clay Street Park in Tenton, New Jersey on September 17th.
We wanted to have the dedication on Saturday, August 6, 2005 (Ike was born on August 2 and won the title on August 4) but by the time the City of Trenon finally gave me the OK, we couldn't have the monument ready by then.
She is the one that helped us." Ike Williams career started in 1938 and he finally hung up the gloves in 1955.
www.fightnews.com /wheatley109.htm   (282 words)

  
 Fish & Richardson P.C. - Firm Directory
Ike Williams is Senior Counsel of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes intellectual property and First Amendment litigation and the creation, production, and licensing of intellectual property, particularly in the areas of publishing, film, television, and new media.
Williams has lectured on intellectual property and entertainment law at Suffolk, Northeastern, Boston University, Boston College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard law schools, the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), and the International Bar Association.
Williams is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (in every edition since 1991) and in the Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers for 2004 and 2005.
www.fr.com /directory/directory.cfm?aid=507&lit=0   (369 words)

  
 The New York Times > Sports > Pro Football > Another Suit Against the N.F.L.
ike Williams, the star wide receiver who left the University of Southern California after his sophomore season in the wake of Maurice Clarett's victory in federal district court that struck down the National Football League's age restrictions, filed his own federal lawsuit in Manhattan yesterday.
Williams may have more at stake than Clarett because Williams is viewed as the better talent.
If Williams fails to obtain an injunction that would allow him into the draft, he will have to wait for the Court of Appeals to decide the Clarett case.
www.nytimes.com /2004/04/20/sports/football/20WILL.html?ex=1397793600&en=5829a62def36248b&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND   (665 words)

  
 PHILLY BOXING HISTORY
On this day in 1946, Ike Williams knocked out Eddie Giosa in round one of their 10-round rematch at the Philadelphia Arena.
That that first bout Giosa was leading on the scorecards when Williams landed a knockout blow just a fraction after the bell ending the fourth.
He was aggressive and looking to take the lead, as he had done in their first meeting.
www.phillyboxinghistory.com /days/0408.htm   (217 words)

  
 al.com's Printer-Friendly Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Mo Williams has chosen to remain in the NBA draft.
Williams flew to his hometown of Jackson, Miss., on Thursday after working out for the New Jersey Nets earlier in the day.
Ike Williams, the player's father, pointed to two things earlier this spring that probably played a role in his son's decision: the concern over Williams possibly being asked to play some off guard again, as he did late last season, and the potential for Alabama to enter a rebuilding phase with little frontcourt experience.
www.al.com /weblogs/print.ssf?/mtlogs/tidecorner/archives/print002907.html   (147 words)

  
 SARAH G. WILLIAMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Williams was born in Buxton, N.C., was a homemaker and a member of the Buxton United Methodist Church.
She was the daughter of the late Hawkins Gray and the late Melissa Farrow Gray and the wife of the late William E. Williams.
Williams of Buxton, Ennis Williams and Shelton Williams, both of Portsmouth; 20 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970921/09210017.htm   (162 words)

  
 Player Bio: Ike Williams :: Men's Basketball
He was a three-year varsity letterman at Murrieta Valley HS for coach Steve Teribilda.
High School -- As a guard, Williams was named to the Top 50 So Cal Hoops Class of 2002...
Outstanding high school student, Williams was a 2002 honor graduate with a 3.86 grade-point-average and an honor roll performer all four years.
www.fansonly.com /schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/williams_ike00.html   (123 words)

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