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Show MUTE HEARS BELL THROUGH FEET There is a new freak of the boxing ring. His name is Horzberg. and he Is deaf and dumb He recently asked a Chicago promoter for a bout. I "I cannot give you a date," explain I ed the promoter "Why not?" came back the question iu finger language "You wouldn't know when a round ended because you couldn't hear the gong." Herzberg explained that the sound of the gong 1b transferred through the floor of the ring and strikes him through the feet in some way which he tried hard to explain. St Louis has a deaf and dumb boxer, box-er, "Dummv" Schenk He has ap- peered ai lubs frequently and gets the gong the same way Only a fev times has It been n' essary for Referee Ref-eree Harr.s Sharpe to wave him to his comer after the bell |