Word: eligio
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...declared the winner by a close decision, was Eligio Sardinias, a young Cuban-born Negro with big round eyes, long arms, an antlike waist and the inadequate nickname of Kid Chocolate. Kid Licorice would suit him better. When he entered the U. S. a few months ago, he had no fame, although in Havana he had won 100 amateur bouts and knocked out 46 of his spidery opponents. In Manhattan his first professional rewards were coffee and frijoles given to him by informal fighting clubs in out of the way places. Now he has more silk shirts than...
...Sefior Eligio Ayala, a onetime President of Paraguay, called and told Mr. Hoover about his country's boundary dispute with Bolivia...
Three of the prizefighters most publicized since the Tunney-Heeney fight are: Jimmy McLarnin, Gerald Ambrose ("Tuffy") Griffiths and Eligio Sardinias ("Kid Chocolate"). Fighting his first fight in Manhattan last week, "Tuffy" Griffiths was knocked out in the second round by James J. Braddock. On the same night "Kid Chocolate" was cuffed around by Joe Scalfaro and in Detroit Jimmy McLarnin was knocked out by Ray Miller...
Paraguay. The Congress elected Dr. Eligio Ayala Provisional President in place of Dr. Eusebio Ayala, resigned...
...Eligio Ayala, prominent educator, was born in 1880 and was educated - at the National College and at the University of Asuncion, in which institution he later became a professor. He was elected a deputy in 1909 as a member of the Liberal Party. From 1911 to 1919 he was in Europe, engaged in travel and study. On his return he again became a member of Congress; and in 1920, Minister of Finance...