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Boxing fans remember Joe Louis as a relentless stalker with dynamite in his punch, who held the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship for eleven years, defended it successfully 25 times. Two years ago, at 34, Joe made his final title defense against cautious Jersey Joe Walcott. He won by a knockout in eleven sluggish rounds while ringsiders shook their heads. Joe was slow and flabby; his bald spot was showing. Joe hung up his gloves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: It's So | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

Harvard men have always considered it a high honor to serve the University and have held onto their life-time positions. Since 1900 only 25 men have held the seven positions on the Corporation. Henry Pickering Walcott '58 served as a Fellow for 37 years until 1927, when failing eyesight forced him to retire...

Author: By Frank B. Gilbert, | Title: Corporation Marks 300th Birthday | 5/22/1950 | See Source »

...times Smith's prose punches as sharply as a good left jab: "Now Walcott was in full flight, and the crowd was booing him. He ducked and danced and ran. He was caught and hit; he clinched and held; he ran again." After a visit to the Westminster Dog Show, Smith announced a discovery: "The ladies tethered to the tiny toys are invariably the most magnificent members of the species . . . The smallest pooch noted was towing the largest handler, a celestial creature measuring 17½ hands at the withers, deep of chest, with fine, sturdy pasterns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Red from Green Bay | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

FRESHMAN HOCKEY--Major Hockey Numerals 1953--Lewis H. Brown, David Cabot, George W. Chase, Nathan F. Corning, John J. Dunphy, Arthur E. French, Jr., Hugh D. Graham, Norman B. Grant, Jr., Walter F. Greeley, Francis A. Harding, Jr., David R. Harvey, Edward A. Hubbard, Walcott H. Johnson, William L. Kierstead, James B. O'Brien, Edwin B. Richardson, Daniel Simonds, 3rd, Oscar W. Swenson, Werner S. William, and Maynard W. Powning, Manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAA Winter Sports Awards | 3/29/1950 | See Source »

...Walcott KO Shkor (Round...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOXING | 3/14/1950 | See Source »

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