Word: hurley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Martin telephoned MacArthur headquarters only once, on the first day, but had good knowledge of what MacArthur was thinking all week long. Presumably his go-between with Tokyo was Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War when MacArthur was Chief of Staff, wartime ambassador to China and, since then, unbending foe of Dean Acheson and the Asia policies of the State Department...
...Washington, Major General Patrick J. Hurley, 68, onetime Secretary of War and U.S. Ambassador to China, came home to surprise a burglar, roared into combat and came out nursing a few cuts and bruises. Said the scrappy general: "I put up a good fight. I knocked his hat off, but he finally knocked me to the ground...
...clearly the No. I challenger for reluctant Joey Maxim's light-heavyweight title, Matthews gives credit where credit is due: "I was a stinking boxer until I met Jack Hurley...
Until 18 months ago, Matthews was little better than a run-of-mill fighter. The man who brought him to his present polish is Manager Jack Hurley, a mild, sad-faced ring professor who also taught such fighters as Billy Petrolle and Vince Foster how to punch. Hurley's secret of punching? Says Hurley, without revealing too much: "It's a knack, a matter of leverage. I had to make Harry forget everything he ever learned, then teach him separately how to use his feet, arms and body. When he put 'em together, he had the proper...
...fact that Harry had certainly learned the knack, whatever it is. Said Murphy: "He's terrific. It's like being hit with a freight train." Matthews, a lantern-jawed ex-G.I. with a wife and two children, takes a serious pride in his work. Says Hurley: "He works harder at it than any fighter I ever...