Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though an old man of 33, Gus Lesnevich still seemed to have his future before him. World's light heavyweight champion, he was also a likely contender for Joe Louis's heavyweight crown. Old Gus, who has knocked 58 opponents galley-west in 75 fights, climbed into the ring at London's White City Stadium last week to meet Britain's clumsy, shaggy-haired Freddie Mills. For nine rounds they hardly touched each other. The referee warned them repeatedly: "Now, boys, this is a championship match. Let's have some action...
...Recently he blew in the last big chunk on a flashy new car, but insisted "I'll be all right." For he was the Golden Boy, who drew more cash customers into Madison Square Garden than any fighter living. He had twice won & lost the lightweight crown. No fighter had ever knocked him down for the full count...
...burn up the energy in morning workouts, Trainer Jimmy Jones decided last week that it was more profitable to give Citation his work in the afternoon. Jones entered the wonder horse in the $50,000 Stars & Stripes handicap at Arlington Park, Ill., his first race since winning the triple crown (TIME, June 21). It was only Citation's third race against older horses, easily the toughest handicap field he had ever faced. He was giving away chunks of weight to seven of the other eight horses. And no three-year-old had ever won the 20-year-old Stars...
...that in the 76th summer of De la Mare's life, his work has at long last gotten some of the critical recognition it deserves. In April a book of praises from some of England's most respected writers came out on his birthday; last month the Crown made him a Companion of Honor (TIME, June...
...that catches rain (U.S. patent No. 2,443,848, issued to Barbara S. Boeringer of Minneapolis). When it starts raining, the wearer takes off his hat, turns it inside out, and attaches a collecting bottle to a spout in the crown...