Word: jawing
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...down in Arkansas"). Then a little man in the rear of the committee-room whispered to his neighbor that the witness ought to be named Mrs. Dillinger instead of Mrs. Dilling. The neighbor, who happened to be Husband Albert Wallwick Dilling, promptly uprose and smashed the little man's jaw. The hearing adjourned in an uproar...
...Louis immediately smashed a right to Carnera's mouth. Because his careless handlers had neglected to give the hulking Italian the mouthpiece which all fighters wear to protect their gums and lips from their teeth, blood began to trickle down Carnera's jaw...
...next round and the next Louis stalked Carnera, waiting his chance, warily aiming punches at his body. By the end of the fourth round, these had served their purpose-to bring Carnera's guard down, make him leave his jaw unprotected. In the fifth round Louis smashed a left to Carnera's face. This time when the blood spurted the crowd knew what to expect...
...came in the sixth. Bland, graceful, incorrigibly calm, Louis stalked Carnera across the ring, drove a right to his jaw. Carnera fell, dragged himself up, crashed down again, with another right to the jaw. Louis, an amazingly motionless figure, outlined against the ring lights, leaned on the ropes for a moment. When Carnera was on his feet again, Louis moved in, landed a crashing left. As Carnera got up for the third time, he had just presence of mind enough left to turn toward the referee before Louis had time to hit him again. Referee Arthur Donovan stepped between...
Baer lost the fifth round on a foul, the sixth on points. With a rare flash of his old savage form he rocked Braddock with a right to the jaw in the seventh. Then in the eighth round Braddock sent a harmless blow to Baer's chin. And, again going comic, Baer electrified the crowd by staggering about in a circle, then straightening up with a great laugh and repulsing the hopeful challenger...