Word: racketeered
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...whites that the old cry for a "white hope" never came up, Joe Louis, the slow-thinking Alabama boy, was a champion the whole U.S. was proud of. No taint of suspicion ever hung over any of his 61 pro fights (although he was managed for years by racket men). The gate receipts grossed a whopping $11,000,000 of which his share...
First, after breezing through two easy opponents, he ran into a stone wall in the form of Welby Van Horn. After five grueling sets, Big Jake wobbled to the marquee none too pleased about his narrow victory: "My racket felt like a baseball bat." Two days later he squared off against ex-Champion Don Budge. Again Big Jake was carried to five sets. Budge's famous backhand was never better, but at 33, his stamina was not so good. Despite all the tea and sugar he consumed, Budge collapsed in the fifth set, won only one point...
...after living on relief, he made a try at a comeback, finally quit because he could make more money ($85 a week) as a wartime shipyard worker. It took a lot of talking by glib Felix Bocchiccio, a small-time Camden promoter, to lure him back into the fight racket. Bocchiccio supplied two vital things he lacked before-management and money-and Jersey Joe began punching his way into the headlines...
...Racket King Frank Costello of Manhattan and New Orleans...
...months since the government slapped an embargo on all but the most essential imports-in a desperate attempt to conserve Mexico's dwindling dollar credits-smuggling has become an organized, multimillion-dollar racket. And the 4,570 gleaming new automobiles that have clandestinely crossed the border are only a part of the story...