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...then sank back and rested on one knee, finally rose eight seconds after the knock down. Sharkey, maintaining his reputation for hysterical behavior in crucial moments, seized Referee Smith, screeched that he had won the fight by a knock out, then tried to jump out of the ring headfirst. His seconds persuaded him to resume the fight. For the next eleven rounds Sharkey adopted the brilliantly aggressive style which he uses when he is confident of winning, Carnera, devoid of aplomb, countered Sharkey's punches with a dubious, weak-wristed left jab. After the exciting 15th round, in which, again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Sharkey v. Carnera | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

...Lynn, Mass., Warren A. Goldbald was arrested for driving his auto headfirst into another auto while accompanied, in the driver's seat, by three friends. On investigation, Warren A. Goldbald was found to have two wooden legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Roomer | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

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