Word: lightweights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lightweight fighters were lavish last week with gore and sincerity. Goriest, most sincere was an encore in the Chicago Stadium of the unforgettable meeting two months ago in New York between Christopher ("Bat") Battalino and Billy ("Fargo Express") Petrolle, whose right hand is a trip-hammer (TIME, April...
Another crew has been added to the lightweight squad, while the original three heavyweight shells have remained practically intact except for minor seat changes within the boats. Although the heavyweight squad is now nearly stable and, few if any now men will be moved up from the division crews to displace present oarsmen, the 150-pounders are still only temporarily seated, and daily new rowers are shifted from the first division for trial spins down the river, so that it is difficult to state which is the first 150-pound crew at present...
...Freshman crew received a violent shakeup yesterday when Coach Haines added another crew to the Freshman heavyweight squad of two eights which have been practicing over vacation, and selected two lightweight boats to form a tentative nucleus for the 150-pound squad...
Petrolle wrapped himself in the Indian blanket which he wears instead of a bathrobe and said: "He's the gamest guy I ever fought." Battalino, knocked out for the first time in his career in a fight which observers compared to the greatest in lightweight history, was comforted by being matched with Tony Canzoneri for the lightweight championship...
...Kimball '35 put on the outstanding bout of the day, with Confer, a former Yale grappler, finally throwing the Freshman team wrestler in an overtime period. In the 125-pound class G. T. Wagner '35 threw Morris Gamm 2L in short order, after the latter had won the lightweight division. Albert Aranson '35 annexed the heavyweight crown by pinning H. C. McClees '34 after four minutes struggle...