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...balance and clumsy, but he still knocked out twelve of the first 20 opponents that faced him. Out of the ring, Vince was just as rugged; in the course of a brawling youth, he once gave the marshal of Rulo, Neb. two black eyes with one punch. Jack Hurley, a shrewd manager of the old school, decided that Vince was just the kind of new material that could be trained to fight a main bout in the Garden; he might even become welterweight champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Education of a Fighter | 5/23/1949 | See Source »

...showed affection for Cook's offerings as soon as it saw them. Wilde led off the top of the first inning with a long home run over Bob Thompson's head in right field. Agganis' single, Cook's error on Hurley's bounder, a line triple by Gayzagian, and Lyons' single produced three more runs before the Crimson could get the third...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: BU Freshman Nine Frolics, Crushes Crimson '52, 11-4 | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

After tallying once in the second, twice in the sixth, and once more in the seventh, the Terrier pups appropriated three last runs in the top of the ninth. With one out Agganis singled and scored on third baseman Hurley's single. Gayzagian added the final touch with a two run homer, his third extra base wallop, his fourth and fifth runs batted...

Author: By Andrew E. Norman, | Title: BU Freshman Nine Frolics, Crushes Crimson '52, 11-4 | 5/17/1949 | See Source »

...charming dowagers. Hostess Mesta had discovered a useful and economical secret: her kind of guests like to entertain each other. At Perle Mesta's parties, Harry Truman has played the piano, General Ike Eisenhower has sung Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (in a shaky baritone), Pat Hurley, without too much encouragement, has given his Comanche war whoop, and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has whistled in a duet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Widow from Oklahoma | 3/14/1949 | See Source »

Idylls of a Comrade. In 1946, the U.S. began its ill-fated attempt to mediate between Chiang and the Reds, giving the Communists further time to strengthen their position. Special U.S. Envoy Patrick Hurley personally brought the reluctant Mao to Chungking. Before the plane took off at Yenan airfield, he nervously kissed his small daughter goodbye as though he were being taken to the executioner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Man of Feeling | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

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