Word: barbering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...heroic performances of Ruth and Alexander in the struggle of two years ago between the same clubs are remembered and the chances of duplication discussed. Will Comba and Pennock be able to play, and will Yankee slugging break through Cardinal pitching? Such are the questions that will animate barber shop debate, for the next few days and cause thousands of fans to storm the gates, ruin their hats and larynxes and regain their youth in a grand orgy of sport mania...
...Dillon in the performance of his art. The last scene shows the fight itself. Dempsey throws his hands around more wildly than he does in an off-stage ring but there are moments when he does not pull his punches. After his quiet, embarrassed performance in drawing-room or barber-shop episodes, it is a relief to see Jack Dempsey forget his good manners and exhibit gloves and socks. At the end of the fight, he embraces the girl...
...well-equipped barber shop, log fires throughout the winter and pleasant surroundings, in the rooms go far toward making the Union useful as a club. But most outstanding is the Union Dining Hall...
...Look, I used to cut that boy's hair when he was just a young feller."-Joseph Pietrozziello, Manhattan (east side) barber, longtime Republican...
...John the Barber is a gambler now somewhat obscure. He was Dempsey's first manager. Later (1919) he was connected with the Black Sox baseball scandal and is alleged to have profited by racehorse tampering...