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POLO GROUNDS, N.Y., Sept. 24-The members of Rocky Marciano's cabinet own blue satin jackets with this flat assertion printed on the back in large white letters: "Rocky Marciano will never lose a fight...
...those rounds, Marciano appeared awkward, which he is. It may be his short arms that give him this uncoordinated look. Marciano edges into an opponent like an old man wading into ice cold surf. He lunges at his man and he misses often. Once the force of his own swing made him slip to the canvas...
...another sense Rocky's arms are an advantage. They mean that his most effective blows are necessarily short ones; an opponent thus absorbs the maximum punishment from them. La Starza did land several good punches, although his style at the start of the fight was designed more to contain Marciano than to mount an offense of his own. He was succeeding admirably until the seventh. After that there was no style at all, just guts...
...Grossinger's also shelters sportsmen: Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano is training there now for his September fight with Roland La Starza. Channel Swimmer Florence Chadwick was a Grossinger pro, as was Golfer Babe Didrickson Zaharias...
...Nations and father of two (George, 25, and Henry, 22), was named "Father of the Year" by the National Father's Day (June 21) Committee. Other fathers picked as the best family men in their fields: Lieut. General James H. Doolittle ("Humanitarian Father"), Alben W. Berkley (radio), Rocky Marciano (sports), Melvyn Douglas (stage), Ezio Pinza (music), Danny Thomas (cinema), John Daly (TV). Cited as "Father's Favorite Female": Beatrice Lillie...