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Died. Dave Barry, 47, the referee whose notorious long-count helped Gene Tunney successfully defend his championship against Jack Dempsey in 1927, and who was convicted in 1934 of swindling Chicago's Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank of $54,000 (TIME, Dec. 10, 1934); after long illness; in Chicago.
Grown paunchy but no more quarrelsome during his absence from the ring, Fisticuffer Sharkey came cautiously out of his corner in New York's Yankee Stadium, dabbed tentatively at his opponent until Louis' right fist exploded on his jaw. Thereafter his efforts, devoted exclusively to self-defense, were...
Levin of Jamaica, N. Y., defend his dubious right to it against an enraged Mexican named Vincent Lopez, Pacific Coast claim ant. When each had won one fall, Wrestler Lopez charged the referee, had to be restrained by his handlers. Wrestler Levin won the third fall six minutes later.
By autumn Amoskeag's visible doom had aroused both State and City to consultations. Governor Bridges' textile committee pointed out that one of the immediate reasons for Amoskeag's inability to do business was a heavy burden of fixed charges. Applying for a 77B reorganization in December...
In Washington, D. C. last week Boston's Wrestler Jack Donovan squeezed Chicago's Mike Romano in a scissors, ground him with a headlock, whirled him in an airplane spin, thumped him on the canvas, let go when the referee patted his back, jumped up to acknowledge the...