An old Scotsman, Elky Clark, and a young Italian, Fidel La Barba, flyweight champion of the world, fought last week in Madison Square Garden. In the first round Clark went down for a count of nine. He recuperated and got through the second. In the third he went down for seven, got up, went down again, got up, went down again. The bell rang. He walked to his corner. After each minute of rest between rounds he came out as if a new day had dawned for him after a good night's sleep. At the end of the fight La Barba,...
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