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...smart Joe Jacobs got Battling Siki, a coal-black African, to defend his world's light-heavyweight championship against his own boy, Mike McTigue. as Irish as the Blarney stone-not in New York, but in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day. In 1928. still smarter, he snitched Max Schmeling from the German manager who had brought him to the U. S., publicized him as the "German Dempsey," and, by storming into the ring and yelling "Foul" when Jack Sharkey hit Schmeling a questionably low blow, is generally credited with winning the world's heavyweight championship...
...Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes had overshadowed all the world's lotteries. Thanks to its smart publicity men, Jack O'Sheehan and Jim O'Farrell, it brought more fame to Ireland than Guinness' Stout. The Sweeps' huge Drum (ticket-mixing machine) standing in Dublin's Plaza Hall became Eire's No. 1 sightseeing attraction for tourists. The Draw, held thrice a year (on the Grand National, Derby and Cesarewitch)-with Eire's prettiest nurses picking tickets out of the Drum's 24 portholes-was a national shindig. Irish hospitals were run as though...
...Hospitals' Trust, Ltd. served dismissal notices to its employes, announced voluntary liquidation. Reason: the war had thrown a monkey wrench into its sensitive international sales organization and the take is too small. For last fortnight's Sweeps on the Grand National, only ?224,500 was collected. In Dublin, rumor had it that Promoter McGrath (Duggan is dead) will soon organize a new company-to establish an Irish Monte Carlo, known as Killarney...
...nobleman, Count von Arnim, and in 1916 to the second Earl Russell, elder brother of Philosopher Bertrand Russell. After their separation a few years later, she lived and worked in Switzerland, England and France. Last summer she left her villa in the south of France, turned up at the Dublin Inn, Dublin, N. H. In the autumn, driving her own small car, she proceeded to the Gold Eagle Tavern at Beaufort (pronounced Bufert), S. C. There last week she and her cocker spaniel, Billy, savored the spring...
...succeeded William T. Cosgrave as Prime Minister. He abolished the oath of allegiance, scared the British Governor away from the Viceregal Lodge in Dublin. He gave Ireland its new name, Eire. He got into a fierce economic war with Great Britain over the land annuities. Since some 90% of all Irish farm produce was sold in England, this action cost Irish farmers plenty; but they considered the sacrifice cheap at the price...