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Leverett took first place in House touch football by beating Lowell, 30 to 12, on Soldiers Field yesterday. Cy Lippman and George Hargreaves scored two touchdowns apiece for the Bunnies, and Lowell Sachneff made one. Ronnie Ofstun and Joe Colt accounted for Lowell's two touchdowns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett Beats Lowell | 11/7/1950 | See Source »

...work last fall and by January, at Santa Anita, Trainer Jimmy Jones had him ready again. He won an easy one, then finished second in five successive handicaps in which he carried top weight. Though each of the defeats was a near miss, many horsemen thought that Big Cy had lost some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golden Mile | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

...tote board flashed the time: Citation had run the mile in 1:33 3/5, two-fifths of a second better than the world record set by his stablemate Coaltown at Washington Park last year. A moment later, the announcer verified what everybody at Golden Gate already knew: Big Cy had also beaten Stymie's alltime money-winning record. His earnings to date: $924,630 ($14,550 for the race) as against $918,485 for retired Stymie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golden Mile | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

Five years ago, radio had still to hear of Cy Howard. After modest success as an actor in New York and a $70-a-week selling job in Chicago, Howard decided to drop his inhibitions and change his personality. The result? "Last year I made more than $300,000. I'll go over $500,000 this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Simply Amazing | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

Last week the calendar of triumphs for jumpy, hot-eyed, 33-year-old Cy Howard was climaxed in his home town of Milwaukee, Wis. In celebration of "Nationality Night," Life with Luigi was broadcast before a packed audience of 12,500 in Milwaukee's Arena, which included Cy's proud parents, Mr. & Mrs. Sam Horwitz. Said Cy: "This thing's in my heart. I'm a guy who was born and lived on the wrong side of the tracks in Milwaukee. So look what I am now and what I've got. Nobody ever told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Simply Amazing | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

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