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Miller's background includes musical comedies (Bonanza Bound!, Barefoot Boy with Cheek), a U.S. tour with Mae West in Diamond Lil ("she likes to have tall men around her"), a movie bit part in You're in the Navy Now, with Gary Cooper, and an Armed Forces training film where he played an "enemy" patrol leader. But this year boxing and acting together have brought him less than $1,500, or barely enough to cover the $20 a week he pays for room & board...
Purple Heartbeats. In Scranton, Pa., the Times announced that "Edgar Clarkson and Anna Mae Thomas will be wounded in Lenoxville Methodist Church...
Aloft, he stripped down to a costume consisting of long red underwear, a blue Mae West and a white helmet, got into his chute-and after heaving out a dummy to watch the direction of its fall-cheerily stepped into space. He floated grandly down, narrowly missed a clump of trees, and splashed into the water where he calmly floated on his back waiting to be picked up. Cried he as a speedboat rescued him: "I feel like...
Turpin crowded the champion from the opening bell, getting the better of the infighting, jabbing and hooking to keep Robinson constantly off balance. Not until Round Three did Robinson land a solid punch, a bolo left to the jaw. "Get him, Sugar! Get him, Sugar!" shrilled Edna Mae. But 31-year-old Sugar Ray could not get going. His timing was off, his punches were missing the target, his ballet footwork was out of rhythm. In a seventh-round clinch, Turpin butted an ugly gash over Robinson's left eye. At the sight of blood, the crowd sensed...
...there was no stopping power in the punches. Muttered a British sportwriter: "I still haven't seen any of that dynamite I've been writing about." By Round Twelve, it was obvious that only a lucky knockout punch could save Robinson's title. Cried Edna Mae: "Hold on, Sugar! Hold on!" By Round 15, Turpin was pummeling the tired champion almost at will. "Don't let him hit you!" screamed Edna Mae. "Take care of yourself!" The uproarious crowd began chanting "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" before the referee even raised the winner...