Word: irishman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prose. I believe that Colum's residence in America and his fondness for us, has been a precious addition, for more than any other quality, it seems to me, our writers lack the sense of mystic fantasy, of homely beauty, of child-like imagery that this Peter Pan-like Irishman...
...pound Negro fought a 185-pound Irishman. Harry Wills of New Or leans, repeated challenger. of Champion Dempsey, won a decision but failed to knock out (or even knock down) awk ward but plucky Bartley Madden. Indeed, as the fight progressed, Mad den began to wax more and more potent while the giant Senegambian "appeared to be tiring from his own efforts." Counting those who graced telephone and telegraph poles that over looked the arena, 20,000 persons saw the encounter. Madden absorbed ter rific punishment at close quarters - he was soundly whacked on eye, jaw, crown, ribs and solar...
...fastidiousness about democratic principles." As an orator he is a failure, but as a man of action he is "a national asset." Two un-Irish features stand out in his physiognomy and character; he has an egg-shaped head with eyes deep set and far apart; he is "an Irishman without a sense of humor...
...Irishman without a sense of humor...
...point of the chin was still unknown, such colorful fighters as Buckhorse, "singularly unsightly," Jack Slack (the Bristol butcher), Mendoza the Jew (founder of scientific boxing, the first boxer to go on the stage), Mr. Jackson (the first "gentleman" fighter), the Belchers, the Game Chicken, and Daniel Donnelly (an Irishman) of whom it was written...