Word: foul
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fist in the seventh round. The schools of contention all thrived and the films were virtually tripled in value. Every cinema spectator could still be his own referee on the thrust which men held, variously, had 1) landed fair, above Sharkey's high-waisted purple trunks; or 2) landed foul, on or near Sharkey's groin; or 3) inspired Sharkey to hope for a decision of foul, a hope cut short by the referee's silence and Dempsey's terrific chin smash...
...roll call" of ringside sport writers revealed a distinct preponderance of dependable opinion in the school of thought that claimed a foul. Among those voting "no foul" were Mayor Walker of New York City; Champion Tunney; and men named Farrell, Byrne, O'Neill, Sullivan, Loughran...
Grantland Rice, usually calm, said: "Dempsey struck Sharkey two foul blows. ... As Sharkey apparently doubled up in pain, Dempsey followed with a left hook to the jaw and Sharkey . . . fell, squarely on his face, writhing as if in deepest agony...
...Foul" Dowse...
...term "foul" seems to be in good usage at present among the British aristocracy ; and I therefore wish to apply it with all possible emphasis to the letter appearing in your issue of June 13, and signed by Cyril D. H. G. Dillington-Dowse of London, His insinuation that "the Yanks, a nation far removed and by no means of the first rank. . . found themselves in 1914-1918 too proud to fight" is a foul and slanderous...