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Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana

24 Dec 1925

Page 16

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Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1925

Page

16

Battling Siki Shot Dead in New York After Drinking Spree

The famed Senegalese boxer Battling Siki, once famous for dethroning French champion Carpentier, was found dead in Hell's Kitchen after a drunken dispute. He had fought in Paris and the United States, with a tumultuous career marked by multiple KO losses and a notorious nightlife.

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New York I. N Senegal Louis Pahy Siki Hell's Kitchen Lascar Underworld Broadway Rootlezger Paul Berlenbach Paul Batany Pedlegeer France Carpentier Paris Montmarte Mike McTeague Dublin McTigue Erin Berlenbach Michael Kid Norfolk
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Manager of Red Grange Blamed by Ford C. Frick

Special correspondent Ford C. Frick portrays Red Grange as exhausted and injured after an eight game ten day stretch staged by C. C. Pyle. Bears players condemn the grueling barnstorming that ruined the star's once gleaming career.

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RED Grange Ford C. Frick Athletics C. C. Pyle Chicago Bears Red” Grance
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Grange’s unrealized potential on the gridiron

A writer predicts Grange could have shined in professional football if given a fighting chance. The piece recalls his popularity in undergraduate days and asserts he never had that chance, while musing on the lungs and a note about Tasmania as a healthy spot in the British Empire.

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Grange Spectactes
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