Word: jabbed
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...fast, accurate, left jab is the first essential of boxing that prospective members of Harvard's first organized boxing team should master in the opinion of Jack Sharkey, American heavyweight champion, who was recently interviewed at his home in the exclusive residential section of Chestnut Hill. Sharkey declared that a good left hand was the most valuable asset in boxing and when skillfully used paved the way for all other blows...
...Challenger Tony Canzoneri, once featherweight champion, in Manhattan last week. It was to be 15 rounds and the reporter broadcasting at the ringside made the obvious comment that both men were getting set for a long fight. Suddenly something happened. Singer reached for Canzoneri with a left jab-reached a little too far. Canzoneri shot his own left over, jarring -the champion's jaw. The punch was not particularly hard, but it flustered Singer. He stepped back to get his bearings, then launched the flurry of punches any fighter turns loose when he has been hurt, to show that...
...concluding speech Dr. von Lewinski also waxed hot about anthrax germs. Admitting freely and officially that a German agent did hire Negroes to jab animals with anthrax, he asked in effect: "What of it?" He stressed the point that "only animals" were jabbed. "It is fantastic," cried Dr. von Lewinski, "for the Americans to assert that 'human life was endangered.' We all know that anthrax germs are not harmful to human beings...
...Polo Grounds, Manhattan, Eligio ("Kid Chocolate") Sardinias, jaunty 128-lb. Cuban Negro who has won 167 fights, turned around as the whistle blew and led a flashy jab at the chin of Jack ("Kid") Berg, 135-lb. cockney...
...Sharkey will beat Scott," predicted Conley. "Without criticizing the erect English style of fighting, I'll point out that in the American crouching position the left shoulder affords more protection, the stomach muscles are tighter, and it is easier to duck a left jab to the head...