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"The Patent Leather Kid" in
The Patent Leather Kid and Other Stories
by Rupert Hughes
Grosset & Dunlap
New York, 1917, 1919, 1926, 1927

Curly "Coily Berl" Boyle
New York up and comer. Papers say he's fighting set ups. 18-0. Loses to Jersey Skeeter on a cross. WWI wounded in combat.

Jake Stuke
Manager of Curly Boyle.

The Jersey Skeeter
Taller, heavier, 3 inch reach advantage over Curly Boyle. Agreed to drop in 4th but crosses and kos Curly.

Puffy Kinch
HW sparring partner for Curly Boyle. Black, WWI wounded in combat.

This was also a feature film discussed by Romano.

The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
In the Novel Boyle's dancer girlfriend is the Patent Leather Kid. In the film they call her Boyle and the boxer is the Patent Leather Kid. I'll call the boxer Curley Boyle and nickname him Patent Leather Kid. I'll also combine the Kinch.
IMDB gives this cast
character's names.
Richard Barthelmess ... Patent Leather Kid
Molly O'Day ... Curley Boyle, the Golden Dancer
Lawford Davidson ... Lieutenant Hugo Breen
Matthew Betz ... Jake Stuke
Arthur Stone ... Jimmy Kinch

This all gives us:

Curly "Coily Berl" Boyle HW 3 Slugger
The Jersey Skeeter HW 1 Slugger
James Puffy Kinch HW 1 boxer

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