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In his dressing room at Los Angeles' cramped Olympic Auditorium, Moore (5 ft. 3 in., 126 Ibs.) gulped a tablespoonful of honey half an hour before the fight ("It puts the sweetness back into you"), performed perfunctory stoops and bends, and thumbed the Bible ("I just open the Good...
And then, with fame sweetening the air, the world champion went about the business of cashing in. Two days after his homecoming, Ingo hit the road on an exhibition tour aimed at earning $50,000, climbed into the ring for a few friendly rounds with brother Rolf, an amateur boxer...
With classic simplicity, the end came in the third round. Johansson flicked a textbook left hand, then let loose the punch he had been talking about for months: a straight right hand backed up by all the power in his broad-shouldered, 196-lb. body. With devastating accuracy it found...
As for the president himself, said President Stratton, "he must be more than a referee. He must be prepared to take positions on matters of educational import. Above all, he must be able to formulate his aims and make clear what he proposes to achieve ... To this charge I pledge...
More than 10,000 spectators lined the shore of Onondaga Lake, at Syracuse, N.Y., for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta. For the first time in years, Syracuse University's home-town crew was picked to win. As Referee Clifford ("Tip") Goes sent the shells streaking away from their stake...