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Since women are barred from fighting bulls professionally in Spain, they can break into this lucrative industry only by dire expedients. In Madrid last week beauteous blonde Maruja Fernandez, who was a beauteous brunette two years ago when she broke into the bull ring for charity performances, declared: "I believe the Spanish fighting bull is nobler than man. Man is not like the fighting bull which will follow your cape if you are skillful. Man is always seeking advantages and trying to keep woman at a disadvantage. A fighting bull thrills me more than any man I have ever...
Last week, in Boston, O'Mahoney and George climbed into a ring to put the matter to the test...
...growling and groveling of which most wrestling addicts heartily disapprove although they know it signifies the sincerity of the bout they are watching, Wrestler O'Mahoney contrived to throw his opponent over the ropes. Rules specified that George had 20 seconds in which to climb back into the ring. When he failed to do so, Referee James J. Braddock, Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, raised O'Mahoney's right hand...
What followed the decision was disgraceful. One of George's seconds attacked Referee Braddock. Braddock promptly knocked him down. Twenty other handlers and camp-followers climbed into the ring, began scuffling among themselves. Pinned against the ring by spectators struggling to get into the fight was Massachusetts' Governor James M. Curley. one of the 45,000 (a record) who had seen the bout...
After the War, when the famed "Masked Marvel" (Mort Henderson) was defeated by Strangler Lewis, wrestling became comparatively unprofitable. Promoter Curley restored the sport to favor in 1929 by the simple device of having his performers shriek, groan, wave their arms, grimace and plunge out of the ring, instead of squirming calmly on the floor as is the practice of wrestlers who are solely occupied with winning...