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Rocky Marciano, of Brockton, took a split decision from Roland La Starza, of New York, in a blazing ten-rounder in Madison Square Garden last night. La Starza was previously undefeated...
...happy-go-lucky Sergeant John Frankey and his quiet little buddy Corporal Paul Abel were supply noncoms in C Company of the 796th M.P. Battalion. Frankey, 29, came from Brockton, Mass., had been a lifeguard, and had gone to the University of Wisconsin for two years. Abel was 26, from Bolivar, Mo. A onetime farmhand, he had only been through grammar school, but he knew how to do things in the city: he had once helped Frankey steal a $1,300 radio transmitter from an M-8 U.S. armored car. When they first tried to sell their loot, black-marketeers...
...where Torger Tokle was his platoon sergeant. Peter Jr., however, chose the Air Corps where he was a crew chief on a B-29. Both the boys look forward to a break in the business rush when they can dash up to Tuckerman's or Cannon Mountain with the Brockton Ski Club...
Walt Coulson, last year's Crimson punting whiz, is farther North in Lawrence, and Peirce Leavitt halls from Brockton. Out-of-staters include Jerry Bahn, from Malverne, New York, and Art Hyde, from Minneapolis...
Kopp will probably give the nod to the same quintet that trounced Burdett in its opener and went down before the Brockton YMCA five Wednesday night. John Altrocchi and Bill Mobraaten will line up in the forward posts with Dick Covey and Chuck Brynteson covering the guard positions and Frank Lionette at center. Lanky Pat Dailey will see part time action in the pivot post, while John Goldsmith and Dave McGiffert will get a chance to fill in at the forward slots...