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...meet, will meet a worthy opponent in James McCaughan of the Engineers in the light-heavyweight division. Gridley Barrows '34, three letter man, will represent the Crimson in the heavyweight class, while Richard W. Emory '35 will tackle Frank Poole, husky 165-pound Tech athlete. Harold Frankel '34, diminutive wrestler who was a sensation in the bantamweight division last year, will meet Ovedis Maderosian of Tech in the 126-pound class...
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...Indianapolis, Ind., "Chief Chewchki," Indian heavyweight wrestler, was disqualified during a match when the referee stripped off Chief Chewchki's tights, found that he had tucked two sheets of sandpaper studded with carpet tacks inside...
...named Frank ("Man Mountain") Dean whom Promoter Curley, always on the lookout for monstrosities, had found last year in Norcross, Ga. Before that, Man Mountain Dean, reared in Manhattan, had been an unsuccessful stevedore, a sparring partner whom Jess Willard used frequently to knock out. When he became a wrestler three years ago, Man Mountain Dean swore that he would not shave until he won the championship. He now has a bushy brown beard, four inches long. He practices against his wife, whom experts consider a more accomplished wrestler than her husband. Last week, matched with Joe Savoldi, onetime Notre...
...Until last week there were only two known portraits of him that he had paid for. John Singer Sargent had done them both. Last week a third was added. The painter was one Michael Matsakas, 36, a Greek Chicagoan with curly black sideburns, who has been a busboy, wrestler and interior decorator in public; a poet, philosopher and painter in private. The price: a used pale blue necktie...