Word: fighter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...story has been yanked directly from the comic sheets and shows it; not only that, but it has also been diluted with Hollywood sentimentality. A poor farm boy goes to the big city, and becomes famous as a prize fighter. Whereupon he immediately starts to sow a large crop of wild oats with the expert help of Lupe Velez. But his old mother back on the farm hears about it, and, being well aware of the traps that these fast city girls may set for her boy, comes posthaste to save him from this awful fate. Yanked rather precipitately from...
...such a long period of time." And, recalling what Gill has done to the sickly thirty-six, the intelligent citizenry will join in a hearty yea. Whatever the outcome, the Superintendent has shown to those who heed that he is an honest man, an able administrator, and a good fighter--all in all not a follow to be trifled with...
...lithograph called "Out" Mr. Riggs has portrayed a fighter sagging to the floor and catching at his opponent's body for support as he falls. The referee is moving rapidly toward them. The victor, himself half punch-drunk, is swaying crazily, arms raised above his head. There is an excellent sincerity about this lithograph that is quite commendable. The limp body of the vanquished; the tense, triumphant face of the victor; and the referee's alert attitude have been well caught. But it must also be admitted that the body of the victor is not too carefully drawn. The large...
...Hamas' jaw in the second round. For six rounds thereafter, crouching to keep his left shoulder between his chin and Schmeling's right hand, Hamas amazed the crowd by outboxing and outpunching the onetime champion. Until the ninth round, Schmeling wore the smile that a worried fighter puts on when he is trying to look as if he is biding his time. Then Hamas opened a deep cut over Schmeling's left eye. Desperation made Schmeling time his punches better in the eleventh but the best he could do was graze Hamas' chin with three more...
Last week's decision made it look as if Madison Square Garden, whose Miami bout between Loughran and Champion Camera was postponed until Feb. 28, had temporarily ceased to be an important promoter of fights. It also indicated that Schmeling had finished his career as a first-rate fighter; that young Hamas, who took up boxing four years ago to help pay his brother's doctors, was a possible opponent for ebullient Maxie Baer next summer...