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...Pepper" Martin. Having thus taken a gallant flyweight, Death laid a bleak forefinger on the throat of Vincent ("Pepper") Martin, stopped his breath. Martin-a boring, windmill, hell-for-leather youth-first came to fame as a bantamweight, put on weight, entered the junior lightweight division. A fortnight ago he was beaten by Alike Ballerino, Junior Lightweight Champion. During the bout he whispered to his handlers that he had a pain in his chest. He was defeated, went to a hospital with pneumonia, was defeated again...
...Died. Vincent ("Pepper") Martin, 27, junior lightweight boxer; in Long Island City, of pneumonia...
Said Dr. George E. Vincent, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, in a prolog to the annual report of the Foundation, shortly to be issued: "The general practitioner of ability, character and personality is a fundamentally valuable person . . . He cheers, encourages, warns, commands . . . not only a physician, but a friend . . . disappearance would be a serious loss...
...Said Dr. Vincent: "It is a fact . . . that the natural advantages which the rural districts possess are more than offset by the better health protection afforded by the city...
Tilden vs. Richards. Three times in the last fortnight Champion William T. Tilden II has faced blond, pouting Vincent Richards, his protegé, his rival. Three times the lank champion has carried off the victory-first at a benefit match at Forest Hills, L. I., 6-3, 8-6; then for the Metropolitan Court Championship at the New York Tennis Club, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4; for the third time in the finals of the Eastern New York State Championships at New Rochelle...