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On December 15, 1913, Diry, a middleweight, was knocked out by George Ashe, in the third round of a contest at the National Sporting Club, in Brooklyn, New York. Diry had come to America from Ireland, where his name was spelled (and pronounced) "Deery." This was his second loss in a row, and he went on to lose three more times by knockouts early in 1914, before hanging up his gloves for good. Diry's boxing record: boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=73885&cat=boxer New York Times story, December 16, 1913: (NYT says he was a German. NYT also says he had won several earlier fights, but the record contradicts that statement.) query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9807E... Other Bain/LOC photos of muscleman Bob Diry:

Hard as nails. -- Seen on your photo stream. (?)

Carl Morris was showing off in this same room on November, 24, 1913 (note identical wallpaper): Here's "Little Apache" Charles LeDoux, in another room with the same wallpaper:

Looks like these guys were hired to protect the floor and walls from unwanted furniture.

Històricas vistas de grandes deportistas, una verdadera lastima no se encuentren entre nosotros, (q.e.d.). Gracias y saludos.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_McVey

Richard Arthur Norton: Thank you for the Wikipedia article on Sam McVey. We will update the description with some of this information.

Is that Theodore Hardeen the brother of Houdini? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Hardeen Similar face, chin dimple: www.akahoudini.org/htdocs/content.php?aSecID=3&aSubID=74

Yes, I think that you're right, pennylrichardsca. The man on the top right in this photograph is Houdini's brouther, Hardeen. Any idea what might have brought these chaps together?

This is from the same photo session as

Notes to that picture suggest it is in connection with Willie Ritchie's World Lightweight Boxing Championship bout in London in 1914. That photo appears to be dated 6/14.

Emil Thiery *note misspelling* was Ritchie's manager at the time. See short bio of Ritchie, born Gerhardt (sometimes reported as Geary) Steffen in San Francisco, at books.google.com/books?id=aA2LO_DGdu4C&pg=PA206&l...

This newspaper account of June 30, 1914 announces the coming bout in London. "Ritchie, who has his brother, Henry Steffen [*note H'y abbreviation in Bain caption], and Emil Thiery his manager, as constant companions, is training in a northern suburb of London."
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19140630&i...

Still a mystery why Hardeen is in the party, but he must have been connected to the event in some way. It seems likely that this photo session was before Ritchie left the U.S. for London, as he is seen accepting the bout.