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Over the side went a Jacob's ladder and guy ropes. In rain and darkness a little group of seamen stood by the rail. In the center stood the Conte di Savoia's commander, sparse little Captain Antonio Lena. "It is my duty and mine alone to go down the side!" cried the Captain...
While the crew cheered and the passengers applauded, up over the side came Gennaro Amatruda. Captain Lena kissed him on both cheeks...
...exhibition bout against Jack Dempsey have amounted to $254,124.68. He may this year earn more than Schmeling, Sharkey, Dempsey, Camera or Schaaf. Kingfish Levinsky's earning power is due partly to an engaging slapstick manner in the ring, an engaging entourage which includes his sister Mrs. Lena ("Leaping Lena") Levy, famed for her loud voice and strong talk. It is due partly to the fact that most of Levinsky's fights have been in Chicago, where everyone knows that he grew up on the West Side and entered the fish-peddling business with a pushcart on Maxwell...
...gold strikes are expected like those which occurred in California, the Klondike, the Rand, Australia and Lena gold fields...
...Chicago. Old Paulino Uzcudun, once a Pyrenean woodchopper and now a chopping block for young ambitious heavyweights, showed his gold front teeth at King Levinsky, onetime Chicago fish-peddler whose manager is his sister, Mrs. ("Leaping") Lena Levy. As usual, when he is fighting someone with a punch, Uzcudun tucked his chin against his chest, allowed Levinsky to pound the top of his Neanderthal skull. After ten rounds of these tactics, one of the judges voted to call it a draw. The other judge and Referee, Phil Collins, overruled him because Levinsky, though comically inaccurate, had been energetic enough, particularly...