And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd...

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Sent in a letter to Howard's friend Tevis Clyde Smith, July 16, 1925. First published in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1, 2007.

592625Untitled1925Robert Ervin Howard

"And Dempsey climbed into the ring and the crowd sneered.
And Carl Morris climbed into the ring and the crowd yelled,
"Sock his damned jaw!"
And Dempsey hit Carl, by Hell!
And Carl hit the floor, by Hell!
And the crowd yelled, "You're the boy Jack!"


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