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...most durable foes in the ring with him at the same time. But Joe had trained for this bout by persistently pleading with the men in the ships to get rid of the Commies once & for all. When the votes were counted this week, tattooed Joe had a triple knockout. Badly beaten were Vice President Howard McKenzie and onetime Vice President Frederick ("Blackie") Myers, both Communists; and Ferdinand Christopher Smith, national secretary, a Jamaican Negro whom the Government is trying to deport as a Communist (TIME, Feb. 23). Joe's slate also ousted all left-wingers from the union...
...operation. By the end of the first round (in which Zale knocked him sprawling with another left), bewildered Rocky was dazed and bleeding. Through the second round, Rocky snarled savagely, but it was the snarl of a wounded animal. At 1:08 of the third round, Zale landed the knockout blow, another sizzling left. Rocky fell flat on his back and lay very still...
...abandon that the script becomes a contender for the laughter of the audience. The challenge offered by William Shakespeare in "The Taming of the Shrew," for instance, was met on the more or less neutral grounds of Mutual Hall last week and the Trib players won by a technical knockout, a decision with which the audience seemed clearly in accord. Mr. Duvey had rounded up some clever, earthy comedians and they succeeded in making "The Taming of the Shrew" a lot of fun for everyone...
...field events and particularly in the weights that the current Harvard team holds whatever knockout punch it has. Sam Felton, of course, heads the list. Despite his embarrassment at so much coverage in relation to his teammates, he will be getting even bigger headlines in the next few months. He is the number one college weightman in the country today...
Tutoring schools were dealt the knockout punch in the spring of 1940 when the University made liable to disciplinary action any student using their services. The official ban ended a year-long campaign which was started after a Student Council poll showed that more than two-thirds of the student body frequented cram bureaus...