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Word: rutecki (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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...match which Jackie Wilson, a six-foot Negro bootblack won simply because his pint-sized opponent could not reach his face. ¶ The 147-lb. title bout which Negro Howell King won despite the unholy booing of partisan spectators who thought he had overcome Chicago's own Chester Rutecki by low punches. ¶ The 160-lb. championship contest which went to Negro Jimmy Clark, who was so enraged at the continued booing that he floored his Syracuse University opponent for a count of nine in the first round. ¶ The 175-lb. bout won by Creighton University...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Blacks to Berlin | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

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