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...Into West Berlin on the subway came Karel Douba, 32, who claims to be the ping-pong champ of northern Czechoslovakia, and his blonde girl friend. They told how they had crossed the Czech border by carrying a basket of mushrooms and posing as pickers. In the Soviet zone of Germany they thumbed a ride, found that the driver who slowed down to pick them up was a Red policeman. He took them to Berlin without question. Douba said he recently finished serving a year's jail term imposed when a Communist agent heard him joking in a restaurant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Defections | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

...able to box, but he was never a puncher. The boys thought a lot more of Irish Bob Murphy, a redheaded, left-handed brawler who had scored eight knockouts in ten bouts this year. As a 5-to-12 fight-time favorite, Murphy would undoubtedly cut the hapless champ to pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Slugger & the Teacher | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

...cauliflowered face was capped by one of ring history's classic mice, gave the crowd a disfigured grin, climbed into his kelly green robe and jauntily strode out of Madison Square Garden's arena. Maxim's manager, "Doc" Kearns, invited other hopefuls to try deposing the champ some time: "We will fight anybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Slugger & the Teacher | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

...world output. The immediate goal is to get enough for jet-engine alloys. But Titanium Corp. has its eyes on a far bigger potential market for the metal. Titanium, because it is 56% lighter than alloy steel, and heavier but 300% stronger than aluminum, has been dubbed the "middleweight champ." As the price comes down and production techniques improve, they believe the new wonder metal will have an unlimited future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: Middleweight Champ | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

Greeks Singles Champ...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Net Finalists To Battle for Title Monday | 8/16/1951 | See Source »

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