Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Following the retirement of James Joseph Tunney, champion with a mind of his own, from the prize ring with $2,000,000 in his wise old sock, three schools of thought developed...
...learned my lesson. I feel that my mind is clear and free and as keen as it ever was. I want it to stay that way. It means more to me than anything the ring can give me in the future...
...From that incident was born my desire to quit the ring-forever, the first opportunity that presented itself. I wanted to defend my title. I wanted to make enough money, but most of all I wanted to leave the game that had threatened my sanity before I met with an accident in a real fight with six-ounce gloves that would permanently hurt my brain...
There were three significant men at the fight: Jack Dempsey, 33, who climbed into the ring before the fight, waved a straw hat, shook several hands, evoked the loudest cheer of the evening and such remarks as: "There's a real guy, a colorful guy, for yuh." James Joseph Tunney, 30, pundit, who again demonstrated that the public can be damned, that he is the cleverest heavyweight boxer since "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, that he also has a punch which might well dispute Dempsey's reputation as peerless killer. Henry Ford, 65, who had a good time and whom...
...purchases and a tidy roll of bills. If you were generous, you might allow her a 25% commission on her earnings before speeding her to another city. This, as a matter of fact, is the exact "racket" with which the National Surety Co. last week charged an organized swindling ring, employing 40 girls, operating in many a U. S. city. Recent arrests in Philadelphia provided the clue. Alarmed by 140,000 claims from stores in two years, the National Surety Co. pressed the investigation...