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...Schmeling, 32-year-old German heavyweight contender: a technical knockout over obscure 24-year-old Steve Dudas of Edgewater, N. J., after flooring him seven times; in the fifth round of a scheduled 15-round boxing match, his last tune-up before meeting Joe Louis for the world championship in June; before 23,000 Nazi fight fans: at Hamburg, Germany...
...Louis, in defense of his world's heavyweight title; from Harry Thomas; by a knockout. Prior to his fight with Max Schmeling last December, Thomas had knocked out 44 of his 56 opponents, had himself never been knocked out. Significance of last week's fight, which only 10,468 Chicagoans paid to see because any April fool could foretell its outcome; Schmeling had made Thomas dizzy (technical knockout) in eight rounds; Louis made him dizzier (bona fide knockout) in five; and Louis meets Schmeling for the championship in June...
...Arthur B. Allen '41 outpointed Gerhardt G. Thiem '41. In the same class, Francis E. Silva, Jr., '41 was awarded a close decision over Roger E. Lindsay '41; Henry M. Robinson '41 took another close one from Donald G. Scorgie '41; and Henry W. Kelley '40 scored a technical knockout over Warren S. Wilkinson '41 in the first round...
Virginia's gift to Harvard pugilism is big Henry Lamar, present mentor of all boxing activities, and junior varsity football coach. Under his careful supervision, boxing here has risen from almost complete insignificance, to be one of the most popular of minor sports. Even after the sport suffered a knockout blow last spring when further intercollegiate matches were banned, it has continued to draw a surprising amount...
...Brooklyn Eagle strike, first test of the Newspaper Guild's strength against a New York City daily, ended last week in what appeared to be a double knockout. At least both sides were groggy from breaking their hands on each other in over three months of stubborn fighting...