Word: punched
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...punch you in the nose. And I really mean...
POSTBAG DIVERSIONS - E. V. Lucas - Harper ($2.75). Letters to an editor of London's Punch, from the great and others...
...lumbered out of his corner and shuffled his huge feet while Tommy Loughran dabbed his lantern jaw with a left jab. In the second and third rounds the champion tried to rush the challenger against the ropes but failed; Loughran, fast on his feet, landed one solid right hand punch. The fourth round was Loughran's, but by now Camera had learned how to crowd his opponent into the corners. In the fifth, he caught Loughran against the ropes and began to smash his face with wide clublike blows. A blonde woman near the ringside let out a piercing...
After the fifth round. Camera did better. Loughran's tactics of running in and clinching made it impossible to land a knockout punch but Camera wrestled away from the challenger as best he could. He rushed out of his corner in the eighth and caught Loughran against the ropes for a second. In the tenth, he made the mistake of courteously touching gloves, as if it were the last round. At the end of the 14th, Loughran was dazed enough to start for the wrong corner of the ring. During the next round, Loughran managed to cling groggily...
...lithograph called "Out" Mr. Riggs has portrayed a fighter sagging to the floor and catching at his opponent's body for support as he falls. The referee is moving rapidly toward them. The victor, himself half punch-drunk, is swaying crazily, arms raised above his head. There is an excellent sincerity about this lithograph that is quite commendable. The limp body of the vanquished; the tense, triumphant face of the victor; and the referee's alert attitude have been well caught. But it must also be admitted that the body of the victor is not too carefully drawn. The large...