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Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-05 | Page 1 | Dempsey Loses Shirt and Hair as 'Rassler's' Wife Attacks

Type issue
Date 1934-04-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Dempsey Loses Shirt and Hair as 'Rassler's' Wife Attacks
Type article
Date 1934-04-05
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 1
OCR Text DEMPSEY LOSES SHIRT AND HAIR AS WIFE ATTA ATTAcKS S ALEXANDRIA Ln La April 5 1 IP Jack Dempsey lost los n a ring battle here night Worse than that he was was' forced into rt retreat re- re t treat at It all happened as he was refereeing a heavyweIght wrestling wres- wres thug match and the wife of one of the climbed Jn o the rop roped d square qu rc and took look a hand in the pro D m ey lost his shirt and a good haIr Mrs Johnny Plummer whose husband was tying lying up with B ce Nomad Noland in th feature of a mat mal card gave the tans fans the unexpected ed extra thrill when she challenged chal- chal the former pugilistic king and won at least a tory It all started when Dempsey worn cd Plummer that he would no allow any kicking or of Noland when the lt latter er W was lS on the floor loor One thing ld to mother another and Referee Ref fleX Dempsey closed the argument argument ment by delivering three quick uppercuts to the chin which end end- ed the evenings evening's entertainment for Plummer S But not for Mrs Plummer She was through the ropes from her ringside seat In a second Demp sey scy retreated as far as the ropes would allow and stood there for fora a while proving pro he could still take It without raising n a hand in DS Mrs Plummer really got organized however slipped d through the ropes and vanished into the crowd tr fr
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