Word: offs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Well in advance, the fight had been labeled a "stinkeroo." Shuffling Jersey Joe Walcott, never a dashing crowd-pleaser, was old (35) and tired. His opponent, thin-mustached Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati, was young enough (27), but he was a second-rater without punch or drive. Just before they squared...
Restelli served two years with the Army Engineers. Another high-flying rookie, the St. Louis Cardinals' hard-hitting third baseman, Eddie Kazak, was a paratrooper and combat infantryman; he was bayoneted by a Nazi soldier in hand-to-hand fighting near Brest, France ("I think I shot the Nazi...
In Philadelphia, 86-year-old Connie Mack has a rookie pitcher who looks even better. He is Alex Kellner, 24, a Navy vet whose father once pitched a no-hitter for Tucson in the Arizona-Texas League and whose grandfather once fought John L. Sullivan in a New Orleans exhibition...
The water off Panama's San José Islands in Panama Bay was rough, but the Schmidt boys, Louis Jr., 32, and John, 35, knew their business and were ready for anything-especially marlin. Said Louis, Sailfish are just one, two, three compared to marlin. Marlin are big, scarce...
At 2:20 p.m., over 35 fathoms, the battle began. Said Louis, "I saw him coming to take bait and yelled 'marlin,' and before he snapped the line off the outrigger I was in the chair." Hooked on an 18-oz. lemonwood rod, the maddened marlin streaked ahead...