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...throw his hat into the ring for the Presidential nomination in 1924. Political quidnunes surmised that his reasons were a firm belief that Harding now has the Republican nomination secure, and a fear of a third party after his Progressive experience...
...Senator Johnson did not cast his hat into the ring it is generally recognized that he holds his hat in his hand - to toss it down or put it back on his head as opportunity may offer...
Johnny Dundee succeeded where a German bullet failed. He pounded the jaw of Eugene Criqui so viciously that he hammered the Frenchman out of the world's featherweight championship. Criqui received a rifle bullet in the chin during the War but returned to the ring and won the featherweight title from Johnny Kilbane. Although thoroughly outclassed by Dundee, knocked down four times, thrice for the count of nine, his courage kept him on his feet. The championship went to Dundee by decision...
Johnny Dundee, christened Guiseppe, surnamed Carrora, nicknamed the "Scotch Wop," has been 13 years in the ring. He is normally a junior lightweight (about 129 pounds) and has fought all the con tenders for the lightweight title, including eight no-decision bouts with Benny Leonard. He is a gallery fighter specializing in the spectacular bound from the ropes which made him famous...
...flick of a glove lace in the eye has ended the ring career of Mike Gibbons after 15 years fighting. Oculists pronounce the injury which left one eye virtually sightless, received in training, incurable. Gibbons known as " The Phantom " in his time was one of the greatest of the middleweights. He is the elder brother of Tom Gibbons, Dempsey's opponent at Shelby...