Word: choinyski
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...memories have taken shape in his mind, he has written* a book†. Like John Keats, he was a livery-stable keeper's son. His father intended him for the priesthood, but he crossed himself and went out to lick the boys. His first fight was with Joe Choinyski, whom he calls "one of the gamest and best fighters that ever lived"-a slugging match on a raft in San Francisco Bay. Then he made a wreck out of Jake Kilrain, was matched with John L. Sullivan, the Strong Boy of Boston. Sullivan "fell hopelessly on the ground...
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