Word: berlenbach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Daniel H. Hickey, 56, trainer of boxers (Robert Fitzsimmons, Paul Berlenbach, Mike McTigue, Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson); of septic poisoning from an infected tooth; in Jackson Heights, N. Y. Sparring on the stage with Fitzsimmons, he accepted a knockout blow in the same place twice daily until, dazed, he asked Fitzsimmons to hit him on the other side of the head. Still dazed, he left the stage, died rich from managing Berlenbach...
...second, took a left hook on the face and was counted out. Like most cheap preliminaries, it was mediocre entertainment and the crowd booed. Unlike most cheap preliminaries, it was described at length in metropolitan sport pages, much discussed by prizefight enthusiasts. This was because the winner was Paul Berlenbach. onetime (1925-26) light heavyweight champion of the world. As many has-beens have done before him, but with more public sympathy than most. he was beginning to try to "come back." Berlenbach was a deaf mute until he was 14. Then a kite he was flying brushed against...