Word: bantamweight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...points to be the prize-winning Miss America 1927. Another prize-winner was Miss Frieda Louise ("New York") Mierse, 15 years old, who was judged to possess the beauty most suitable to an evening dress. Run-ner-up to "Miss America" was Miss Mozelle ("Dallas") Ransome, a small-sized bantamweight brunette. After winning the blue ribbon, Miss America, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, was asked what she would now do with herself. She said: "I am happy. ... I do not want to go in the movies. ... I want to draw, make a name for myself...
...knife-blade was introduced to a squat Italian. Instantly the Italian tried to hit the Hebrew in the face. A furious scuffle ensued, continued. Some twelve minutes later a doctor was bending anxiously above the Italian-one Edward Shea of Chicago-while the Hebrew-Charley ("Phil") Rosenberg- remained bantamweight champion of the world. It had been an unusual fight for the reason that Rosenberg, though cannier than his challenger, disdained to employ the artful dodges of science, but traded punches with the wild-eyed, bloody-mouthed, berserk Shea. Many who saw the little men belabor each other thought of another...
...Pepper" Martin. Having thus taken a gallant flyweight, Death laid a bleak forefinger on the throat of Vincent ("Pepper") Martin, stopped his breath. Martin-a boring, windmill, hell-for-leather youth-first came to fame as a bantamweight, put on weight, entered the junior lightweight division. A fortnight ago he was beaten by Alike Ballerino, Junior Lightweight Champion. During the bout he whispered to his handlers that he had a pain in his chest. He was defeated, went to a hospital with pneumonia, was defeated again...
...drawn, his body lean almost to emaciation. He was a young Jew, the challenger. Opposite him stood a diminutive but hirsute Italian, his eyes as fierce as the dark lakes of Il Pitrgatorio, his round muscles bulging under his sleek brown skin. He looked truly what he was-the bantamweight champion of the world. He charged his pathetic opponent like a volley of round-shot. But what was this? A spattering of left jabs stopped his rush, jerked back his head, made the flesh puff around his eyes. Again he charged, again the haggard challenger flicked ' him, right, left...
...Manhattan, two minute gamecocks stepped close, pecked, stepped out, ducked, strutted. They were bantams. Their eyes glared bloody for a golden prize-the bantamweight championship of the world. One was a Jewish gamecock from Harlem-Champion Abe Goldstein; one was an Italian gamecock from Brooklyn-Challenger "Cannonball" (Eddie) Martin. For 15 rounds the pecking, the strutting, went fiercely on. Then from 1,200 smoky throats a great shout went up. Bantam gamecock Cannonball Martin, he was champion...