Word: pugilist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...customers that come as far as Canal Street can take it straight. Of course, during the day, most of the boys have to go easy and we find that the usual standby is beer." Contrary to popular belief, the Sharkey Special punch is not named after this famous pugilist, "It was on the books long before my time," he explained...
Married. Mrs. Madeline Force Dick, 40, widow of John Jacob Astor, divorced wife of William K. Dick; to Italian Pugilist Enzo Fiermonte, 26, onetime boxing instructor to her sons; in a Manhattan hospital, where she is recuperating from a broken...
...Broadway colyumist introducing pseudo-celebrities constitutes entertainment. It shows Colyumist Ed Sullivan of the New York Daily News chatting with patrons and performers at three Manhattan cafés, includes glimpses of Lupe Velez, Primo Camera, Ruth Etting, Ernst Lubitsch, et al. amiably dancing, talking, bowing. Best shot: Pugilist Maxie Rosenbloom looking bored...
...Maxie ("Slapsie") Rosenbloom, jaunty Manhattan pugilist who has traveled 73,000 mi. to 30 fights in the past year: the undisputed light heavyweight championship of the world, which most people had forgotten that he did not already hold; in a bout against Bob Godwin of Daytona Beach, Fla., who was designated champion by the National Boxing Association last month after a tournament which Rosenbloom did not deign to enter; by a technical knockout in the fourth round; in Manhattan...
...Benjamin Morris Jeblatosky (Ben Jeby), Hebrew pugilist of Manhattan: the middleweight championship of the world, as defined by the New York State Athletic Commission; by beating Frank Battaglia, Italo-Canadian, by a technical knockout, in twelve rounds; in Manhattan. To have his title universally recognized, Champion Jeby needs a victory over Marcel Thil, French middleweight listed as champion by the National Boxing Association...