#Nicky Markoff

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Mickey (or Nicky) Markoff won the marble shooting contest at City Hall, May 20, 1922. Mickey, who in an elimination process proved to be the best marble shooter in greater New York, won a medal and an all-expenses paid trip to Philadelphia to have it out with the champions of Philly, Baltimore, and Newark. Mickey (or Nicky) finished last.

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