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...champ chipped a bit of gilt off her successor's fame last week. Brenda Helser, one of Coach Jack Cody's Portland (Ore.) protégées, was the nation's swiftest woman sprint swimmer a year ago; then along came another West Coast mermaid, Ann Curtis (TIME, April 23), and snatched away her indoor and outdoor titles...
...final, he bounced off the blocks in front, remembered his coach's repeated instructions to relax, and settled into a ground-eating glide that left the field behind. His time: 10.5, three-tenths of a second slower than Jesse Owens' world's mark. This week Junior Champ Samuels becomes Private Samuels...
...lights went out temporarily, and they stayed out after the first punch of the tenth. But because he was game and gave away ten Ibs. to his opponent, boxing writers conceded the 30-year-old champ one more chance...
Poll & Payroll. Then, fairly sniffing the stale air of speakeasies and Minsky burlesque shows, and cocking an ear for the tugboat whistles that used to herald a civic reception for a Channel swimmer or a Uruguayan pingpong champ, the News set out to bring Jimmy back. It hired teams of canvassers (at $10 a day apiece) to poll the city, promising its readers that the poll "will be conducted scientifically and impartially." Actually, no Ja vote in Hitler's Reich ever packed a more loaded question than the one the News launched its poll with: "If not Walker...
...Mexico's 20-year-old sleeping beauty was wide awake. Fighting from a crouch, Moran sparred awkwardly with the polished champion for a second or two. Then he landed a crushing left that made Montgomery's knees buckle, followed with a right cross that suddenly lifted the champ clear of the floor, sent him into a ridiculous skid on his backside. Nothing but inexperience kept the Mexican from exploiting his Sunday punch with a clincher. After groggy Montgomery picked himself up, Moran danced and jabbed his way to an easy win on points...