Word: canzoneri
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...Agassiz. In spite of occasionally poor intonation and some floundering in more technical passages, Paul's musicians played with sensitivity and variety, giving Yeomen by far the most exciting theatre orchestra heard around here for along time. The chorus has been well-drilled by Vince Canzoneri, and they negotiated the tongue-twisting finales with fervor. The Townspeople fared better than the Yeomen, who were hopelessly understaffed. They never lived up to their brilliant red Beefea ters' costumes...
...really difficult role is that of Phillip, the never funny, not altogether believable son. Vincent Canzoneri seems a little too theatrical in the tense moments--which, come to think of it, are the only moments he has. But most of the difficulty lies with the part which should have been treated with more subtlety, as should have play...
...Rockaway Beach a fight promoter admired his compact little build, put him in the ring, and he won eight bouts before the ninth opponent according to Fritz, it was Tony Canzoneri, later featherweight champion of the world knocked him out after three seconds of the first round. He taught riding at a resort in New Hampshire, worked as a mail rider packing the post into a gold mine near Cooke City, Mont. He played tinkly-tonk piano in little bins in Greenwich Village, Third Avenue bars, beer halls in Manhattan's German quarter. He took three weeks to learn...
Died. Tony Canzoneri, 51, tiny boxing champ who never stopped punching from the moment he entered the ring until he left it, by 13 had won 17 amateur fights, at 16 turned professional, at 19 won the world's featherweight championship, lost it seven months later but won the world's lightweight title in 1930 by knocking out his opponent in the first round; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...times past when such men of skill and punch as Joe Cans, Benny Leonard and Tony Canzoneri wore the crown, the lightweight championship of the world meant something in boxing. Even as recently as two years ago, Lightweight Champion Ike Williams was respected for his shifty style, if not for his fighting heart. But when Williams lost his title last year to a Harlem unknown named Jimmy Carter, lightweight prestige slumped. Last week Champion Carter, 28 and still a colorless jabber, put his low-rated title on the line for the third time...