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With the heavyweight classes furnishing most of the thrills a crowd of about 300 people witnessed the first 13 bouts of the University boxing championships which began last night in Hemenway Gymnasium. Displaying an inborn skill at the manly art D. D. Carrick 24, Canadian American Champion scored a knockout victory over A. D. Robertson '33 in the 160-pound class, laying the Freshman low in the second round...
Starting off to a poor beginning Raquel Torres, ocC rallied against his aggressive opponent E. F. Hutchins '30 in the 175-pound class to win by a decision. Torres also won in the 160-pound class, scoring a win over James Brennan by a technical knockout. In both these bouts Torres displayed his endurance and ability to take punishment and so his skill at beating off the blows rained around him opponents...
...boxer; after falling off the steps of the Treasury Building at Washington during a sight-seeing tour. Onetime champion of his native Ireland, he was famed in the U. S. as a tough, courageous "trial horse" for title-seekers. In 22 years he fought 94 bouts: won 52 (29 knockouts), lost 14 (one knockout-by Gene...
...pointed out, "there will always be a distinction made between the men who are merely getting instruction in boxing and those who are candidates for the team. I am anxious not to discourage the men who have no desire for the more severe fighting of knockout encounters...
...opinion a public opinion which approves of prizefighting, including the knockout blow, cannot logically condemn flogging. Men and women who flock to an exhibition between the 'Game Chick' and the 'Battling Brown,'* would gladly see 'Burglar Bill' punished by the 'Wandsworth Walloper...