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Last week at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, Mike McTigue, 34, Irish, met Jack Sharkey, 24, Lithuanian, in the third of Tex Rickard's heavyweight boxing elimination contests. Sharkey, younger, 20 pounds heavier, was favored to win over the scheduled 15 rounds. McTigue stood toe to toe with his youthful opponent, traded blows for eleven rounds, closed one of Sharkey's eyes, cut his lip with sharp left jabs. As the gong rang for the twelfth round McTigue seemed in a fair way to triumph...
...feature of the Freshman meet was the work of Lage, 145 pound grappler, who met Booker in the 175 pound class and defeated the heavier man on a decision. Another Freshman to wrestle out of his weight was Norman, 160 pound man, who grappled in the unlimited class, but lost...
...play was for the most part around the Newton cage; only some excellent work by Thompson the Orange and Black's goaltend saving his team from a heavier defeat...
People who came to see Fords or Cunninghams (pleasure cars) were disappointed. For reasons peculiar to their manufacturers these two were not displayed. Nor were displayed some of the heavier motor trucks-White, Mack, International, Pierce-Arrow, Diamond T.* Those in the jostling throng who could read had seen in the daily press the following figures relative to 1926 U. S. motor car production...
...makes odious comparisons between British actresses and those of Broadway. He says that the lovely ladies of the Strand do not possess the accomplishments of their transatlantic sisters. They do well at "drawing room comedy where the only demand on their art is facile chatter," but in the heavier drama, the hair-fearing tragedy, they must bow to the superiority of American rivals...