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...Omnipotent. The trial last week quickly turned into a bout between Nova and sportswriters in general. The day after the fight, Flaherty's lawyers pointed out, other sportswriters gave Nova an even worse beating than he had received from Louis. "Nova is a spectacular bum [whose] challenge consisted of retreating in hot haste the entire fight," wrote Boston Record Columnist Dave Egan. Added the New York Daily Mirror's Dan Parker: "All Nova showed against the champ was timidity. The fight was . . . an utter stinker ... As to the 'cosmic punch,' Lou doesn't know...
...triumph of phony showmanship and unscrupulous exploitation. Said the New York Daily Mirror's Dan Parker: "As shameless as a jackal gorging on the remnants of a lion's breakfast kill, Al Weill, that distinguished promoter of international good will, is already talking of a return bout between Rocky Marciano and his Monday-night abattoir victim, Don Cockell. There having been no reason for the first match, except a grossly commercial one, there is even less cause for a second slaughter. And when Weill says, with a straight face, that he is considering a return bout in London...
...Next Bout. Explained Contest Judge Smith: "There were strong assets in the work; it was absolutely clear what the boy wanted to do, and the sacred nature of the piece appealed to the committee as a change from some of the radical things we have...
Composer Cortés happily collected his prize-including, in addition to the coveted Philharmonic performance, $1,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to New York. Already working out for his next bout, he is writing an orchestral work that he intends to submit for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra award...
Does Album's box-office flop mean that Broadway and closed-circuit TV are financially incompatible? On closed-circuit TV, the Metropolitan Opera (TIME, Nov. 25) did poorly; championship prizefights, e.g., the Marciano-Charles bout (TIME, Sept. 27), fared better. With stepped-up promotion and the advent of color TV, can Broadway whet a new, nationwide appetite for the theater? Or will Broadway hits suffer on Broadway and on the road after being shown on TV? Said Trade Sheet Variety last week: "Whatever the effects, they loom as revolutionary...