Word: jabs
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...distributed by the Hall Syndicate to the New York Daily Mirror and 192 other newspapers, he has aimed the acid of his pen consistently at Communism, racketeering and racial bias in U.S. unions. His words have often been as hard as his father's fists. Typical opening jab: "For March, my private crook-of-the-month club award goes to Joe Fay [of the Operating Engineers Union], extortionist emeritus of the mobs...
...trunks and tangled with Cowboy Rocky Lee in a professional wrestling match at Washington's Uline Arena. Broke, in hock to the Government for more than $1,200,000 in back taxes, Joe earned about $1,500 by belting the Cowboy out of the ring with a short jab to the belly. "It's an honest living," was the best he could say of his new occupation, "and it's not stealing...
Both are converted southpaws, and they were converted into anything but boxers. From the start they hardly bothered with anything so effete as an old-fashioned left jab. Free-swinging hooks to head and gut were what they threw. Nor was either of them beyond trying incautious righthand leads. It made a fine, bloody brawl. And DeMarco came close to finishing it in the seventh, when he clobbered the champ with a left hook to the jaw. Basilio's legs began a limber, loose-kneed dance of their own; his eyes emptied and his seconds screamed...
There was no need to worry about Wil lie. He demonstrated the flashy footwork ' and sharp punching of an old pro. He moved too fast ever to get set for a solid blow, but his left jab kept Rowan off bal ance all through the fight. At the end, he barreled in to demonstrate that he can hold his own in a close-in roughhouse and absorb some solid swipes without slowing up. His night's work earned him a unanimous decision, and gave the matchmakers something new to think about in their search for a heavyweight-title...
From the first bell Archie moved purposefully toward Target No. 144, despite the fact that Challenger Olson's jabs and hooks took the first round on points. In round two, Moore set the pace, unlimbered his 8-in. edge in reach, stung Olson with a hard jab, left uppercuts -the beginning of the end. After only 1 min. 19 sec. of the third round, Archie shot a walloping right, then two paralyzing short left hooks to Olson's jaw to deck Bobo cleanly for a count...