Word: genes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...corner raged undefeated retired Heavyweight Champ (1926-28) Gene Tunney, ably seconded by Polly, his socialite wife of 30 years. His opponent: burly Yugoslav Dictator Tito, a canny pro at the political bob-and-weave. Occasion of the scrap: Tunney's second honeymoon, which the ex-champ, now a capitalist and director of many corporations, wanted to spend on the wooded Adriatic isle of Brioni, location of Tito's many-splendored summer place. "Thirty years ago," said Gene, "my wife and I spent most of our honeymoon on Brioni...
...last out in another, saving the final game with a spectacular 6| innings of two-hit relief pitching. Hard-bitten Rightfielder Hank Bauer led the Yankees at bat with a .323 average and four home runs. But the man Milwaukee will remember most vividly was a catcher-outfielder, Elston Gene Howard...
Making the trip for the Crimson were ex-captain Dale Junta '58, Larry Sears '58, and captain-elect Ned Weld '59; joining them from Yale were Tom Freiberg, Gene Scott, and Jon Clark. The varsity's Tim Gallwey '60 went along as an alternate...
Though a second Cassini daughter, Christina, was born normal in 1948, Gene's agony over the first child left a deep scar. "That was my war effort," she says...
...marriage to Cassini, Gene could find no emotional stability. In 1953 she got a divorce, soon found herself in another romance with Aly Khan. Marriage appeared to be close, but it didn't work out. He rebuffed her plea to quit intercontinental fun and games; his father, the Aga Khan, sternly opposed another movie-actress marriage after Aly's divorce from Rita Hayworth. With her need for stability unmet. Gene's anxiety grew worse. In New York she walked out on a TV commitment to play Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House...