Word: brahma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Make no mistake, except for a few exceptions, these are real cowboys. Most are from Texas, and none are form New England. Each event snacks of realism, and it is very real in Event No. Four when a steer wrestler gets gored in the midriff. The Brahma bulls are pretty tough to ride, too, and they come charging down the sidelines roaring and throwing their horns about. Customers eight feet above the corral are warned to keep their fingers and toes inside, "No telling what one of these bulls will do. Keep your children back!" says the announcer...
...Were Violent." For ten weeks every twelve years, Hindu millions bathe where the sacred rivers meet. The scriptures tell how divine nectar, which is said to confer immortality and everlasting bliss, was once spilled into the rivers during an epic fight between the demons and the gods. There, too, Brahma, Lord of Creation, gathered strength for his mighty task. And when the sun, Jupiter and the moon enter a certain astrological relationship-this occurs during a few hours on one day once in 144 years-it is the most auspicious time for bathing...
Carmen Basilio is a swaggering young (26) ex-marine with the biceps of a riveter and the combative instincts of a Brahma bull. As a prizefighter, he has won 36 out of 51 professional fights, and out of this indifferent record has won the title of New York State welterweight (147 Ibs.) champion. Boxers respect his clumsy punch, but Basilio cuts easily, and when he earned a shot at the world championship, the experts thought him easy meat for a slashing hitter like Cuba's Champion Kid Gavilan. Last week, fighting in his home town of Syracuse, Underdog Basilio...
Also unique are the scenes of the West's Big Circuit rodeos. If Gene Autry jamborees in the Garden are the only rodeos you've seen, let RKO give you a seat on circuit shutes. And from there, watch the nation's brawniest, bronc-busting, bulldogging, Brahma bouncing riders bet their insurance policies against day money...