Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Negro Boxer Henry Armstrong, whose contract is owned by Cinemactor Al Jolson: his ten-round bout against Aldo Spoldi, lightweight champion of Italy, by decision; in Manhattan...
Surprise of the afternoon came in the lightweight division when through a complete superiority of technique Hardy Phippen '39 overcame the advantage of Edward T. Barker '37 by pinning him in 3:16. Arthur W. Page, unbeaten Freshman of the 135-pound class, went down to defeat when Edwin C. Ihrig 3L won by a referee's decision...
...exhibited the agility of a hellion dancing on hot coals, a punch as persuasive as a red-hot pitchfork. The fight with Venturi was his 23rd professional appearance in the U. S., his 23rd victory. Almost inevitably it will be rewarded by a chance to win the lightweight championship currently held by awkward, indefatigable Lou Ambers...
Admirers of Devil Montanez hailed his clear-cut victory last week as tantamount to a championship. Venturi, who succeeded Orlandi as the best Italian lightweight, last January held Champion Ambers to a draw which many spectators thought should have been a decision for the challenger...
Rest of the way is over the trackless sands. Lightness was therefore a prime consideration. E. G. Budd Co. followed the formula that has made it the most successful U. S. builder of lightweight streamline trains. Some 57 ft. long, its desert car consists of a shiny, Diesel-powered tractor to which is coupled a 36-ft. trailer shaped much like the observation car on Budd streamline trains. Operated by Nairn Transport Co., the new busses, of which there are two, make the journey in 15 hours instead of the 24 it took the heavy, conventional busses Nairn has been...