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Word: montjuich (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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From 75,000 people-reputedly the biggest crowd that ever watched a sporting event in Spain-a roar went up. Paulino Uzcudun, Basque woodchopper who for several years has been an exacting and dangerous trial horse for U. S. heavyweights, rushed out of his corner in Montjuich Stadium, Barcelona, and tried to hit Primo Camera, Italian Brobdingnag. His swing was short. Camera stretched out a long left hand and set him back on his heels. Squat, hairy-chested, his gold teeth gleaming in his dwarfish face, Paulino in his perpetual crouch, with his elbows swinging, resembled some kind of beetle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Battle of Barcelona | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

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