Word: joey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John O'Hara's Pal Joey (music by Richard Rodgers), with Vivienne Segal, who also starred in the original 1940 cast...
...Francisco, after winning a twelve-round decision in a nontitle bout with Light-Heavyweight Champion Joey Maxim, ex-Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles gave a dressing-room interview. Said the ranking contender for another crack at the title Joe Walcott took away from him last July: "I think I can whip anyone in the world until they beat...
...trip was one of the most interesting I have ever taken. Not because of the scenery we passed as we climbed higher into the hills north of Manila, but because of what Father Hofstee had to say. He told us of "Joey" Guerrero (the same Joey TIME-July 19, 1948 and July 16, 1951-reported on), who was his right hand, acting as secretary, confidant and friend to her fellow lepers...
Then we saw Tala, a series of quonset huts, set in a small valley. Large letters on the roof of the largest hut spelled out TALA LEPROSARIUM FOR ALL TO SEE AND BE WARNED. Joey was there to greet us, and behind her were 300 men, women & children, all smiling and eager to help us unload the instruments, including the piano...
...boys along Jacob's Beach had never thought much of Joey Maxim as a light heavyweight champion. For 19 months he had refused to risk his title, though he had ventured once into the heavyweight class and taken a tremendous 15-round belting from then-Champion Ezzard Charles. He might be able to box, but he was never a puncher. The boys thought a lot more of Irish Bob Murphy, a redheaded, left-handed brawler who had scored eight knockouts in ten bouts this year. As a 5-to-12 fight-time favorite, Murphy would undoubtedly cut the hapless...