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...Francisco is a pugilist looking for a fight. Age, 21. Weight, 147. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. Nationality, Mexican. Sex, female. Her nose is slightly askew; otherwise she shows no marks of her profession...
Jack Delaney, French-Canadian pugilist now of Bridgeport, Conn., represented Experience. Paul Berlenbach, German-American, who had recently risen to sensational fame by the knock-out of his last ten opponents, typified Strength. Berlenbach's friends offered cash at 5 to 2 on the meeting of the two in Madison Square Garden. Tex Rickard in his counting house counted his receipts. The fame of Berlenbach had sold every reserved seat two days before the fight. On the newsstands, Berlenbach's picture covered the front page of The Muscle Builder, a "McFadden publication." Inside the cover Berlenbach told...
...Pugilist Breitenstraeter, heavyweight champion of Germany, entered the ring in Berlin for a 20-round bout. His opponent was Paul Sampson, né (in Germany) Samson Koerner. Koerner was once a stoker on an American ship. In 1920, in this country, boxing under the name of Sampson, he gave Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion, a terrific bout. The next year Tom Gibbons knocked him out in two rounds. Farmer Lodge (TIME, Mar. 3) did the same...
...high purposes, and be guided by practical ideals, as it has been in the past." ¶ The President nominated Henry P. Fletcher to be Ambassador at Rome, nominated Charles B. Warren to be Ambassador to Mexico, nominated William Phillips to be Ambassador to Belgium (see Page 2). ¶ Pugilist Dempsey called at the White House and was received by Mr. Coolidge as "one who has been before the public much longer than 1." ¶ In a radio address from the White House, President Coolidge said of George Washington: "After we have recounted his victories, after we have examined his record...
...populace was mistaken, Pugilist Lodge, Minnesotan, is not related to the Senator from Massachusetts...