OUT OF CHARACTER

Victor Kalman

August 30, 1954

A DANDY PERFORMERWhether as a wigged actor (right) in a French movie or as a fighter with a hard right cross, this man always was a crowd pleaser. Though he had never scaled over the light-heavyweight limit, he was brought to the U.S. by Tex Rickard in 1921 to fight Jack Dempsey for the first million-dollar gate. Gallant as he was, this fighter was no match for Dempsey. Biding his time, the champion scored a knockout in the fourth round over: