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...withdrew the promise when Anthony married pretty Kathleen Hudden, a commoner. Last April he announced his intention of establishing a constitutional monarchy for his superstitious, head-hunting subjects, who dote on such delicacies as wood slugs and hot rice wine, who count among them such medical curiosities as the "Snake Man" who sheds his skin once a year...
There was no telling until the end. For four rounds, challenger and champion alike exhibited nothing more than what Radio Announcer Don Dunphy kept calling "a healthy respect for each other." Joe crept forward, his snake's tongue left flickering its cruel, aimless explorations; Lou marched backward, bobbing extravagantly 'and waving his arms. More from boredom than conviction, the press crew gave Nova the second and third rounds. In the fourth Louis found an opening, hit Nova all over with ten lefts and rights. The crowd's screams were cut short by the bell. Two rounds later...
Then everybody remembered that Joe Louis never had been much of a boxer. His way was always just to shuffle forward, with a snake's tongue in one hand and a locomotive in the other, until the track was clear. Said Nova, "I was never hit that hard before." It is probably the greatest right hand in ring history...
That night, 10,000 strong, they swarmed into Manhattan, stormed its Grand Central Terminal to welcome home their "champeens." Led by bands at full blast, they snake-danced around the station, toting homemade placards: THEM BUMS DONE IT. DUROCHER FOR MAYOR. CAMILLI FOR PRESIDENT...
...Unique among the 9,000 carefully studied stars is 17 Leporis in the Constellation of the Hare: every five months it casts off a shell of hell-hot vapors, much as a snake casts off its skin. So said Otto Struve and Burke Smith of the University of Chicago...