Word: yarosz
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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Middleweight. When Thaddeus Jarosz (Teddy Yarosz) of Monaca, Pa. was eight years old, his father caught him practicing with a pair of boxing gloves. Enraged, Father Jarosz seized an axe, hacked the gloves to pieces. Before the biggest crowd (28,000) that ever attended a prizefight in Pittsburgh, 24-year-old Teddy Yarosz last week used another pair of gloves to hack the face of Middleweight Champion Vince Dundee. After eleven rounds, Dundee really began to fight. He won the last four rounds, did his best work in the 15th. but when the bell rang two of the three judges...
...Teddy Yarosz took up boxing seriously after his father died. He has supported his family with his fists for the past four years. Last week's was his first 13-round fight. He had twice before won decisions over Vince Dundee in 10-round bouts...
Handsome, dark-haired. Polish. Champion Yarosz plans a long rest, followed by a bout against Marcel Thil of France, recognized by the International Boxing Federation as world's middleweight champion. Said Dundee: "A hometown decision. . . . I was robbed...
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