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...late. Welterweight Champion Carmen Basilio discovered that he never had a chance in his title bout with Challenger Johnny Saxton in Chicago. Carmen ran himself ragged trying to catch his man, but ex-Champ Saxton stayed on his bicycle, avoided a knockout, and for his reward, received a unanimous decision that shocked sportswriters and spectators alike into a long Bronx cheer. "I just don't know why people feel badly because I won," said the new champion...
Died. Lieut, (j.g.) David Greig ("Skippy") Browning Jr., 24, star of the 1952 Olympics as the U.S.'s dazzling three-meter diving champion, national collegiate one-and three-meter diving champ (1951-52); in the crash of a North American FJ-3 Fury jet fighter while on a training flight; near Rantoul, Kans...
...Time Champ...
...beside him, Smith learned later, had been fighting since he was a boy and was a former A.A.U. champ...
...source of delight to me to find TIME [Jan. 23] giving the sport spotlight to amateur wrestling via "Bethlehem's Champ." It is refreshing to see such an article in the welter of stuff and nonsense intended to promote, rather than discourage, the utterly stupid "rassling" that callous promoters continue to foist on the naive public...