Word: champs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mexico's 20-year-old sleeping beauty was wide awake. Fighting from a crouch, Moran sparred awkwardly with the polished champion for a second or two. Then he landed a crushing left that made Montgomery's knees buckle, followed with a right cross that suddenly lifted the champ clear of the floor, sent him into a ridiculous skid on his backside. Nothing but inexperience kept the Mexican from exploiting his Sunday punch with a clincher. After groggy Montgomery picked himself up, Moran danced and jabbed his way to an easy win on points...
Killed in Action. Lieut. Alfred C. Blozis, 26, big (6 ft. 6 in., 250 lb.), towheaded champ shot-putter (his stillstand ing indoor record: 56 ft. 4½ in. in 1941), ex-pro football star (New York Giants); by German machine-gun fire when he waded through hip-deep snow to look for a missing comrade; in France's Vosges Mountains...
...Just get the champion in the ring with his opponent, and the champ will do the rest. "The task is to get penicillin to the microbes," said Discoverer Sir Alexander Fleming. "You can do it with a simple spray, snuff or lozenges." He predicted penicillin in lipsticks and tooth paste. A Lancet report describes a penicillin spray as "effective" in stubborn staphylococcus skin infections-e.g., multiple boils, pustular acne, impetigo, hair-follicle inflammation...
Born. To Corporal Billy Conn, 27, Pittsburgh's curly-haired ex-light heavyweight champ who survived 13 rounds with Joe Louis and one grade B Hollywood role, now putting on boxing shows for U.S. troops in Europe; and Mary Louise Smith Conn, 22; their second child, second son; in Pittsburgh. Weight...
...Three. With three months and 25-plus games to go, any one of a dozen teams may turn out to be this year's national champ. Each will have its stars-but none of them is likely to outshine the three who make Oklahoma A. & M., Utah and DePaul the early-season teams to beat...