Word: patrick
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...robbed," asserted Battling Siki, interviewed in the Rat Mort, a Paris cafe. The Sengalese fighter referred to the decision which relieved him of his crown of light-heavyweight champion of the world after his St. Patrick's Day fight with Mike Mc-Tigue in Dublin. As the evening wore on Siki's spirits rose. He knocked out a diner who laughed at him. The next morning the conquered convive had him haled to court for assault and battery...
...spite of de Valera's recent order, issued through the "Minister of Home Affairs," forbidding the Siki-McTigue boxing match and ordaining a period of national mourning "in view of murder" of prisoners of war, St. Patrick's Day passed naturally enough. The Siki-McTigue bout took place and no one mourned-except Siki...
There is one curious side of de Valera's threat: any Irishman should have known that it was manifestly absurd to deprive the nation of their traditional joy on St. Patrick's Day, no matter what might be the political or economic exigencies. Again, when framing the "order," de Valera must have known that he could not possibly enforce it. The cause of this bravado seems somehow lost in its effect...
Battling Siki, dark blot on the Carpentier 'scutcheon, lost the light heavyweight championship of the world in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day to Mike McTigue, third-rate American fighter. In the 17th round of the scheduled 20, the Senegalese faltered about the ring, groggy before McTigue's punches, finally falling into a clinch to hug himself safe from a knockout. The American received the decision on points...
Monsignor Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi, titular Archbishop of Dioclea and new Apostolic Delegate to the United States, arrived from Rome. He gave the apostolic benediction to the worshippers in St. Patrick's cathedral last Sunday...