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That last week's bout ended in a riot was much less remarkable than the fact that it occurred at all. For the past six years, ever since onetime Champion Ed ("Strangler") Lewis filed a protest after a match with Henri De Glane which was considered justified by some state athletic commissions but not by others, there have been two or more claimants for the wrestling championship. Far from being deleterious to the sport, this state of affairs has contributed largely to its renaissance since 1929 by making it possible for each of several different troupes of wrestlers, operating...
...James ("Jim") Browning, world's heavyweight wrestling champion: two out of three falls in a match with bullet-headed, pot-bellied old Ed ("Strangler") Lewis; in the Mexico City bullring, watched by a crowd...
...name, regardless of their acting ability; this genus of fake reaches its ultimate development in "The Prizefighter and the Lady." To begin with, Max Baer is cast in the leading role; then one finds wadded in here and there such notables as Jack Dempsey, Primo Carnera, Jess Willard, Jeffries, Strangler Lewis, and a positive swarm of middleweight, lightweight, anyweight champions, past and present. It goes without saying that most of these worthies appear for about ten seconds, and are barely visible to the naked eye; nevertheless, they are in the picture. Strangely enough, Max Baer as Stove Morgan, plays...
...ugliest professional athletes in the U. S. last week crawled through the ropes of a ring at Madison Square Garden. One was blubbery Ed ("Strangler") Lewis, recognized by the New York State Athletic Commission as the heavyweight wrestling champion of the world. The other was crook-nosed Ray Steele, whose challenge the Commission had ordered Lewis to accept...
...heavyweight wrestling championship of the world. Instead of wrestling each other, each continued to claim his championship, defend it against minor opponents. Christopher Theophilus (Jim Londos), recognized as champion in New York State, made the most money, in matches arranged for him by promoter Jack Curley. Ed ("Strangler") Lewis, recognized as champion outside New York State, finally lost his title on a foul to Canadian Henri De Glane. He then began persistently to challenge Champion Londos. Last summer, the New York State Athletic Commission ordered Champion Londos to wrestle Champion Lewis. When Champion Londos failed to obey, the Commission awarded...