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Johnny Dundee, christened Guiseppe, surnamed Carrora, nicknamed the "Scotch Wop," has been 13 years in the ring. He is normally a junior lightweight (about 129 pounds) and has fought all the con tenders for the lightweight title, including eight no-decision bouts with Benny Leonard. He is a gallery fighter specializing in the spectacular bound from the ropes which made him famous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dundee vs. Criqui | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

...helped to map and chart and make possible some of our fjords for tourists to visit us. They have worked out our geology and other natural sciences and helped to publish information and record facts. For the last two years they ran a steamer, dubbed the "Wop", carrying freight, cement, sand, gravel, and rock for buildings, and coal and supplies for branch nursing stations and hospitals. They have run clothing stores and lumber camps. A Princeton coach ran a lumber mill and store. They have blazed trails, built winter tilts, run schools and special classes, unloaded coal and other schooners...

Author: By W. T. Grenfell ., (SPECIAL ARTICLE FOR THE CRIMSON) | Title: LABRADOR MISSION WORK AIDED BY COLLEGE MEN | 3/15/1922 | See Source »

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