Word: demijohns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prostration. "Now I want Dempsey!" declared Tunney in the press. Undoubtedly, if Champion William Harrison Dempsey returns to the ring, Tunney will be his opponent, for Champion Dempsey envisages little difficulty in defeating the blushing young Marine. But there is another pugilist-one whose either hand is like a demijohn, whose chest protrudes as if he had fed on thunderbolts. This fighter (Harry Wills), with sweat in his face and a red rose in his buttonhole, was introduced to the Manhattan multitude before the Tunney-Gibbons fight began...