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...Scotch constituency. Aged 30, two years ago he won a seat in the Commons. At Oxford (where he did not belong to the Pacifistic Union) few expected Lord Clydesdale to become much of a politico. Everyone, however, knew he could fight. In 1924 he won the Scotch amateur middleweight title. He had gone to Glasgow with his friend, classmate and mentor, Edward Francis ("Eddie") Eagan (Fighting for Fun), to enter the championship bout. The reigning champion, a coal miner, gave His Lordship a terrible drubbing, broke one of his teeth half in two, left another hanging by a thread...
...Benjamin Morris Jeblatosky (Ben Jeby), Hebrew pugilist of Manhattan: the middleweight championship of the world, as defined by the New York State Athletic Commission; by beating Frank Battaglia, Italo-Canadian, by a technical knockout, in twelve rounds; in Manhattan. To have his title universally recognized, Champion Jeby needs a victory over Marcel Thil, French middleweight listed as champion by the National Boxing Association...
...Jack Lait appear momentarily, drinking coffee; Runyon speaks but Pegler is to be recognized only by his right out. In all this welter of authenticity, it is only natural for the story of Madison Square Garden to seem a little unreal by comparison. It is mainly about a young middleweight (Jack Oakie) and his manager (William Collier Sr.). The manager takes the job of matchmaker at the Garden and the middleweight, left to shift for himself, falls into the hands of a racketeering manager. Partly because Oakie's opponent is Mushey Callahan, a onetime contender...
...toughest little bulldog in the ring is 174½-lb. Mickey Walker who started his career as a welterweight, won welterweight and middleweight championships, then became a heavyweight and fought Heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey to a draw a year ago. Matched against Walker for the reward of a return fight against Sharkey last week was amiable, capable Max Siegfried Otto Schmeling, heavyweight champion until Sharkey won the title on a disputed decision last summer. As Advertised
...After winning the middleweight catch-as-catch-can wrestling championship. Ivar Johansson, Swedish policeman, took a Turkish bath instead of attending his victory ceremonies. Then, 11 lb. lighter, he won the welterweight Graeco-Roman wrestling championship. Other Graeco-Roman champions were Finnish Vaino Kokkinen, who defended his 1928 middle-weight championship; Carl Westergren, Swedish bus-driver, who won the middleweight championship in 1920, the lightweight championship in 1924, the heavyweight championship last week. ¶ Gymnasts competed in the Los Angeles Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Scores after five days' competition: Italy, 541.85; U. S., 522.275; Finland...