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...sound and fury, and if it weren't written and acted by idiots, it would seem a lot more real, and a lot less fun. Scene the Best: Laughton, fawningly in love, tries to show wifey he's the strongest man in the kingdom, and takes on a wrestler, only to beat him, and then have to be carried away himself. Toughest problem of the picture: which is the more pathetic, Henry Tudor or Charles Laughton trying to be Henry Tudor? There are a couple of obstacles to be overcome. 1) Watching Laughton laugh, and 2) watching Laughton eat. However...
...retreat from tomboyishness began when she married cauliflower-eared George Zaharias, a 300-lb. wrestler. The bride gave up baseball (she could throw farther than most big-league outfielders) and winning track meets singlehanded. The bridegroom, shortly after the honeymoon, quit being, a wrestler...
Babe and George met on a Los Angeles golf course, where a promoter, as a gag, had put the wrestler and the lady golfer in a threesome with a minister. After they were married, they kept on golfing together. On the fourth tee at Brentwood one day, the Babe hit a terrific drive down the fairway. Then George, just a plain country golfer, went through some of the contortions of his trade-flying mare, airplane spin, body-twist-and hit the ball about three yards farther than the Babe. Said Babe: "I always said I could fall in love with...
...Bowditch took a 5 to 3 decision from Dick Holway of Wesleyan. Dan Ray moved up to the 155-pound class for this match to meet the Wesleyan ace leg wrestler Frank Bowles and dropped a 2 to 0 decision in the last 20 seconds when a near-fall hold turned into a reversal for Bowles. Bill Bluemel lost a decision at 121 while Arnold Zellner was pinned in the 145-pound weight...
John Chaffee, who fills either the 155 or 165-pound class, was recently elected captain of the Bulldogs and is probably the best wrestler on the squad. Norm Hascall at 128 and John Stenger at 165 have been consistent winners for Yale this season, but Stenger may not be available for today's match...