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Word: barba (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mosquito was Fidel La Barba, one time flyweight (112 lb. or under) champion of the world. A student at Stanford, he wants to go into real estate business. Among books he has read and liked are the Outline of History by H. G. Wells, Round Up by Ring Lardner. Among maga-zines he likes and reads is Variety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ring | 6/3/1929 | See Source »

Bantamweight: Fidel La Barba, California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rickard's Heirs | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...Leland Stanford University has two new scientific buildings-the Guggenheim aerodynamics laboratory, the seismological station. In its entering class is Fidel La Barba, retired flyweight champion of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Matriculation | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...Scotsman, Elky Clark, and a young Italian, Fidel La Barba, flyweight champion of the world, fought last week in Madison Square Garden. In the first round Clark went down for a count of nine. He recuperated and got through the second. In the third he went down for seven, got up, went down again, got up, went down again. The bell rang. He walked to his corner. After each minute of rest between rounds he came out as if a new day had dawned for him after a good night's sleep. At the end of the fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Clark v. La Barba | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

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