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Citation, the wonder horse, was carrying more weight (130 lbs.) than ever before, but he was the overwhelming favorite at 1-4. As he came charging into the stretch, there was only a stubborn grey horse from the Argentine, a 14-1 long shot named Miche, for the champ to catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Something to Explain | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

...back. Get out of it, Joey." His fighter, one ear cocked for instructions, did as he was told. In the seventh, Joey got the go-ahead signal. He began exploding left hooks and right crosses against Mills's jaw. He loosened two of Freddie's teeth; the champ's handlers fished them out of his mouth after the round. They fished out a third tooth after the eighth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best Bum of the Lot | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

Born. To Jack Roosevelt Robinson, 30, Brooklyn's fleet infielder, National League batting champ (.342) and Most Valuable Player in 1949, and Rachel Robinson, 27, onetime nurse: their second child, first daughter; in Manhattan. Weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 23, 1950 | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

Penn has had one meet already this season, a loss to La Salle College. La Salle, however, boasts Olympic champ Joe Verdeur, the world's greatest all-around swimmer, so there was no great shame in losing, according to Ulen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ulen's Swimmers Face Penn Tomorrow Seeking 3rd Win | 1/6/1950 | See Source »

Freshman coach Van Brower uncovered some fine material in Johnny Loe, lger Iben, and Bud Adams. Adams, a smooth performer, used a neat guillotine bold to pin his man. He wrestled at Easter, where Lee captained the team last year. Iben is an ex-Illinois State champ...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Wrestlers Win by 24-7 | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

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