Summary
Jimmie Carter’s academic trajectory is a spectacular freefall, sacrificed on the altar of pugilistic ambition. When his collegiate tenure terminates in ignominy due to his obsession with athletic conditioning, his father’s rejection propels him into the shadowy machinery of professional prize-fighting. Recruited by a cynical manager as a 'designated loser'—a man whose sole utility is to facilitate a scripted defeat—Jimmie finds his integrity tested in the crucible of the ring. The narrative reaches its zenith when Jimmie, discovering his estranged progenitor and the manager’s luminous daughter among the spectators, orchestrates a rebellion against the rigged outcome. It is a visceral exploration of the conflict between economic necessity and the primal urge for paternal validation, set against the backdrop of 1920s sporting culture.
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Jimmie Carter finds it hard to study, since it takes so much time from his athletic training. Finally, the faculty decide that the school can do without Jimmie and his father, having read of said son's ability to bout, writes that he needn't come home. But Jimmie's reputation as a fighter has come to the attention of a professional manager, one with a daughter. This man's idea of staging a bout is to employ one man on whom he can depend to lose, so he offers Jimmie the job. The second reel is devoted to the fight, when Jimmie finds that his own father is among the spectators, besides the pretty daughter of his manager, he decides it is up to him to win, regardless of any arrangement.
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