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Old 01-20-2007, 11:50 PM   #282
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"Art and the Dollar"

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"Art and the Dollar" from
Inside the Ropes
by Charles E. Van Loan
Small Maynard and Company
Boston, 1913
-has illustrations-
setting about 1907

Story about a young featherweight prospect who allows avarice to get the better of him. The prospect is Abie Marcuse and he is trained by Spud
Slattery, a former LW. As an amateur Marcuse, using the alias Kid Samuels boxed Sailor Tim Burke, a Joe Grim type of FW.

Abie "Young Cassidy" Marcuse also fought as Kid Samuels FW 6 Boxer

Spud Slattery LW 4 Boxer

Sailor Tim Burke "The Terrible Tar" FW 2 slugger (a Joe Grim type)

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