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Somehow Ambers kept on his feet through that round, and the seventh-and the eighth and the ninth and the tenth. The crowd went crazy. By the 13th. when he plainly got the better of Armstrong, who by this time was swinging wildly and forfeiting rounds because of low blows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Triple Champion | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

It was all over in 124 seconds by the clock.* Most of the 70,000 spectators, some of whom paid as much as $125 for a seat, were as bewildered as the challenger. Men who were lighting their pipes missed the whole thing. By the time those in the rear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fireworks | 7/4/1938 | See Source »

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has 14,000 members, among them Bethlehem Steel's Charles M. Schwab. Mr. Schwab was president of the society in 1927 when its council decided to enlarge its index of engineering articles. Between 1927 and 1934, A. S. M. E. lost $215,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Inconceivable | 6/20/1938 | See Source »

Most impressive European turned out to be a tall Pole named Antoni Kolczynski, 20-year-old Warsaw welterweight, who knocked down the idol of Chicago, A. A. U. and Golden Gloves Champion Jimmy O'Malley, so many times in the first round that the referee stopped the match. Awarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Glovers | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

"There won't be nuttin' left of him 'cause I'll analyze him," boasted Two-Ton Tony, whose paralyzing punches have been known to knock opponents clear out of the ring, and sometimes hit a referee by mistake. Because he had been hailed as the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Beer Punch | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

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