Word: farr
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the second preliminary fight before the Braddock-Farr match at Madison Square Garden last week, a brawling broke out in the press row at the ringside. Promoter Mike Jacobs, hastening through the crowd of spectators, police and opponents, irritably declared: "We're having a damned sight more fighting outside the ring than in it! We have a full house. I suggest you gentlemen save those fisticuffs for some night when we don't have such a splendid attendance...
CRIMEFILE NUMBER 3: FILE ON FENTON AND FARR - Q. Patrick - Morrow ($2.25). Two deaths, both by gunfire in a New Jersey boys' school; five suspects, most of them on the school staff; clues including photographs, lipstick, telegrams, bound in the volume, as in other Crime-files. Good...
Pugilist Tommy Farr...
Louis failed to knock out, returned to England, surprised English boxing writers by talking of his earnings in dollars rather than pounds. Explained Pugilist Farr: "There's more of them...
...last gesture before taking over the boxing franchise of the great Madison Square Garden, staged fights for four champions instead of three-all on one night. Into the ring to grace this Carnival of Champions climbed Heavyweight Joe Louis to shake hands with his most recent opponent, Tommy Farr. But Champion Joe Louis, Mike Jacobs' star attraction, did not fight that night for the paying customers...