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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.

A boxer: boxrec.com/media/index.php/Ed_%28Gunboat%29_Smith

A Bain/LOC group photo, posted to Flickr on November 26, 2010, includes Gunboat Smith: In a fight on January 1, 1914, Gunboat Smith knocked out Canadian Arthur Pelkey. Manager Jim Buckley stands right behind Smith:

Pages for Gunboat from Boxing Biographies: boxingbiographies.com/bio/index.php?option=com_content&am...

Kid Williams (1893-1963) was born John Gutenko in Copenhagen, Denmark. His family immigrated to the United States in 1904, settling in Baltimore, Maryland. He began his professional career there in 1910, at the age of 16, with a fifth-round KO of Shep Farren. In 1914, he took the Bantamweight World Championship title from boxer Johnny Coulon, knocking him out in the third round of a scheduled twenty-round bout held at Vernon, California. He lost the title to Pete Herman in 1917. Williams' boxing career continued until 1929, finally totalling more than 200 bouts, of which he won 156. Kid Williams at the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Box Rec bout list.

I like his hair!!!