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Bag punchers. Bag punching by men is not attractive enough to put on as an act, at least in this house. When done by a woman or a boy there is something of a novelty to it; but when two great big husky men get up an [sic] punch a poor little bag for about six minutes it strikes me as little short of ridiculous when they do no more meritorious work than these two men do. The only thing in the act that might be of worth is to fill time and six minutes don’t amount to much. Can’t say that I could call the act even fair from the above reasons. 6 min, full stage, 3 shows.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 21 September 1903-14 March 1904