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Prize Fight Pleading Labeled Masterpiece in Legal Sports Tale
Nestled in court files a pleading in the Moir Hotel Co. vs John T. Goss suit for 99.80 recounts a boxing bout involving Tom Walsh, manager of a fighter named Shay and Earl Blue on January 24, 1924. The document, penned by W L Beecher, details a prize fight scene with ropes, a referee, a gong, and a dramatic chin collision.
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Ernest Koepke
Moir Hotel Company
Chicago
Morrison Hotel
John T. Goss
Goss
Tom Walsh
Walsh
W. L. Beecher
Mce-Coy & Beecher
Shay
Earl Blue
Blue