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...Hyakkan Jii San"-100-kan oldster-because of his boast that he can lift 100 kan (825 Ibs.). His undisciplined white beard and scholarly bald dome make him look more like an elderly monk than an athlete. His nickname delights him so much that, after the manner of Tony Galento's boxing trunks, he has "Hyakkan" written in Chinese characters down the front of his athletic blouse...
...confided modestly, he is something of an expert. Back in their offices, the 15 newsmen who had shown up for this "sneak preview" of the Capehart senatorial career did not write very favorable reviews. Said one reporter, who had spent most of his time eyeing the Capehart physiognomy: "Another Galento, without the punch...
...professional heavyweight finalists were also two Americans − Claude ("Kill er") Brown of Louisville, Ky., a dead-ringer for Tony Galento, outpointed Sailor Harry Thompson of Many, La. Both were carried piggyback to the ring to keep their feet dry. The American who worked the hardest was former world heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey, who refereed most of the bouts...
...game. The New York Herald Tribune's hulking sports editor Stanley Woodward went to Mickey's show, commented: "The clientele stood around drinking Martinis and Manhattans, talking fights, submitting to radio broadcasts and newsreels, yet, withal, keeping their minds open in case anyone should mention art." Tony Galento, twice licked by a fighter whose first name was Art, managed after 80 minutes' rehearsal to garble the following prepared opinion: "The perspective is distorted and the subordination of technic to composition is indubitably fatuous." The event was an acknowledged knockout for the editors of Click, who arranged...
...Tony Galento, the heavyweight who walks like a beer barrel, lost his appeal from a conviction and $10 fine for taking a punch at a cop last spring...