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...Jimmy McLarnin, Irish welterweight who wears a harp on his bathrobe, turns handsprings in the ring whenever he gets a decision, scorns any bout that brings him less than $20,000: a decision in Madison Square Garden from Negro Young Jack Thompson, in spite of the fact that Thompson had won six out of the ten rounds and that McLarnin had repeatedly been warned for hitting...
...last interview, Elizabeth gives him a talisman, a ring by means of which he may, if he wishes, secure her pardon. In his last hour, he entrusts this to the Queen's messenger, a court lady whose love he has spurned. She betrays him, informs Elizabeth that he is still arrogant, has made no mention of the token. When the Queen learns the truth, the axe has fallen. As it has cleaved the neck of Essex, so it splits Elizabeth's aged, remorseful heart...
...Sonnenberg, wrestler whose favorite "hold" is a football tackle, billed as champion of the world in some states: a bout with Henri De Glane, French heavyweight, who left the ring bleeding profusely from both ears, with his chin cut, several broken ribs, concussion of the brain...
...children, learned to be a floor-finisher but did not like the work. Four years ago he got a job sweeping out Jimmy Coster's gym in Philadelphia. He started to fight, changed his name to Midget Wolgast. Last week in Madison Square Garden he climbed into a ring and sat down facing a little Negro laconically known as Black Bill, the other finalist in a tournament conducted to decide the flyweight championship of New York and Philadelphia...
...spite of an ever so slight sententiousness, "Capansacchi" as played by Walter Hampden last night was a thoroughly excellent drama played with intelligence. Browning's "The Ring and the Book" which formed the plot for the production is materially preserved although considerably condensed. The essential idea of truth and the characteristic "live to make the world better" are still the motivating influences of the drama, but the discussion is confined to Canon Caponsacchi and his view of the case...