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...long, lean George Mogridge uncoiled his snake-like left arm, sore these several weeks, and with it manipulated a ball so quaintly for seven innings that the Giants could make but two runs while the Senators made five. In the eighth inning, the arm began to tire and one "Firpo" Marberry relieved Mogridge, holding the Giants safely. Score: Washington 7, New York 4. The series was even, two games apiece...
Wills, "Brown Panther," and Luis Angel Firpo, "Argentine Bull Man," had hugged and shoved each other about the ring for twelve dismal rounds, each too cautious to strike out cleanly for a knockout...
Thereafter, Wills held his fire, winning all the rounds by clever defense which Fiipo, weak-kneed and wild, could not crash through, and by thumping away painfully at Firpo's left kidney during the interminable clinches...
...Firpo--African prizefighter...
Harry Wills, "Black Panther," and Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine "Bull Man," continued their exchange of words in adjacent columns of The New York World, preparatory to exchanging blows in the prize ring at Newark on Sept. 11. Wills: "I see that Firpo is bubbling over with confidence. Why pick poor little Harry out as one of his soft victims ? He hasn't broken any man's ribs or jaw around here, has he? Say, I fought little old man Sam Langford* 22 times. I forgot to duck on only two occasions in all that time. I admit...