Word: firpo
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Argentine, the pugilist Luis Angel Firpo smells the blood of an American. Two cables came last week inviting invasion. Bartley Madden refused an offer of $10,000. $3,200 for "any respectable contender" has found no favor...
Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine ape: " A despatch from Buenos Aires stated that I arrived in La Paz, Bolivia, ' in a sulky mood.' Met by a cheering crowd, I fled hastily in my automobile, refused to raise my hat. Later, when I failed to appear at an athletic meeting, the citizens interpreted this as another slight. They marched the streets crying: 'Death to Firpo...
...Firpo reduced Smith to recumbence only once every 90 seconds last Summer and never permanently...
...After Firpo, the boxer, Dr. Zeballos is probably the best known Argentinian in the world. He was a man of many parts. Starting as a lawyer he branched off into journalism and eventually became editor of La Prensa (Buenos Aires)-one of the two best dailies in Latin America. Subsequently he entered politics, became Speaker of the Lower House, was noted for his oratorical ability. In 1893 he was sent as Ambassador to Washington, a post he held for two years. During his political career he has held the post of Foreign Minister on several occasions...
...Walking into the county clerk's office in Manhattan, Senor Firpo through an interpreter made known that he wished to become an American citizen. His application carried the information that he is 28 years old, white, 6 ft. 2½ in. tall, 215 pounds in weight, hair and eyes brown. In answer to the question " Are you married? " he drew a line. It was reliably reported that he did not know that in order to become an American citizen he would have to renounce his Argentine citizenship. He will let his application lapse...