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Importers and manufacturers alike are among the 265 members of the new exchange. They paid between $2,500 and $6,000 each for the privilege of sitting at the "ring" and trading in silk futures Chief among them, youngest of Manhattan exchange presidents, is 37-year-old Paolino Gerli, scion of a long line of silk importers. His early training took him to Japan, where indifferent silkworms spin out 75% of the world's supply. Now he is vice president of E. Gerli & Co., largest of U. S importers, doing an annual business...
Hall, s.s: Vilardo, 2b.: Reinhart, 1b.: Gustafson, e.f.: Walls and McClenning, r.f.: Smith, c.: Percival, l.f.: Paolino and Winkler, 3b.: Sever and Greenier...
Since January Promoter Rickard has been promoting a boxing tournament for heavyweights called "The Elimination Tournament." From this tournament, before it began, Paolino Uzcudun, Basque, and George Godfrey, black man, were eliminated for business reasons. Jack Sharkey, after fighting to a draw with Heeney, was eliminated by Johnny Risko. Risko has eliminated all his opponents so far but is not now matched to meet anybody. Promoter Humbert Fugazy, rival of Rickard, is trying to match Tunney with George Godfrey...
...Godfrey-Paolino. For a long time George Godfrey, 240-pound black man has been giving people the impression that he could knock out Dempsey and Tunney the same night if he would only try. For a long time George Godfrey has demanded what he thinks he deserves-a match with Tunney. Only a few sharp-eyed critics have warned George Godfrey that the trouble with demanding what he deserves is that he might get it. Last week in Los Angeles George Godfrey met squatty Paolino Uzcudun, Basque, who still has to bring an interpreter to the ring so that...
There is always a blackamoor in the pugilistic woodpile. Recently Harry Wills, for many years dark menace to the supremacy of two-fisted whites, was dismissed from the woodpile by a knockout at the hand of Paolino Uzcudun. The place of Mr. Wills was last week acquired by George Godfrey, 228½-pound blackamoor actor* of Leiperville, Pa. Mr. Godfrey disposed of Monte Munn, onetime Nebraska legislator, onetime wrestler, whose alma, mater is the University of Nebraska. Messrs. Godfrey & Munn were scheduled to fight twelve rounds. The referee checked the proceedings in the fourth, out of sympathy for Mr. Munn...