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...Tory battler, Winston Churchill, was watching fierce-eyed for a chance to hit the Labor government with a knockout blow. He canceled a scheduled address at the University of Pennsylvania this week because he did not want to leave the battlefield at a crucial moment. In London, before the Primrose League (a Conservative Party offshoot which sponsors social and welfare activities), Churchill last week turned his old phrasemaking genius on Attlee & Co. Most striking Churchillisms: "Mr. Attlee [leads] that cluster of lionhearted limpets, a new phenomenon in our natural history . . . who are united by their desire to hold...
...million enlightened people can still whip 190 million backward people ... If they [the Russians] declare war now, they are really fools. They cannot win on the global picture instantly and quickly by a complete knockout. They would face a long, bitter struggle of attrition against the United States, and [the American] people-when they are united under an attack-are still the most powerful force on this earth under the Almighty himself...
...Manhattan, Heavyweight Rex Layne, 22, over Bob Satterfield, by an eight-round knockout, to make clumsy, hard-punching Layne the newest member of the I-want-a-shot-at-Ezzard-Charles club...
From the opening bell, ex-Sailor Murphy came boring in like a brawling longshoreman, trying to land the knockout left that has polished off 50 out of 58 opponents, and made Murphy one of the top contenders for the light-heavyweight title. The referee had to warn Murphy against his grab-and-hit tactics (clutching with his right glove while pounding with his left). But Matthews was taking care of himself. He boxed with Marquess of Queensberry manners, but kept thumping powerful lefts & rights to Murphy's body. Later, when Murphy continued to bore in with a splendid disregard...
...Tumble, the $100,000 Santa Anita Derby, the first of the important tests for Kentucky Derby prospects. By his handy victory (with Arcaro up), Rough 'n Tumble became a top Kentucky Derby favorite. ¶ In San Francisco, ex-Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis,* a tenth-round technical knockout, over California's inept Champion Andy Walker. ¶In Manhattan, the Manhattan College track team over Seton Hall, 29 to 27 2/7, in the 45-college I.C.4-A meet. In the non-collegiate feature of the event, Don Gehrmann won his 39th consecutive mile, a whisker victory over FBI-man Fred Wilt...