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...years, who survived a couple of run-ins with the bull and went on to defeat him. This brave lad possessed all the gestures of the old pros and he put on the best show of them all. No matter what you may think of bull-fighting or the kid's chances of retiring at sixty-five in one piece, you have to recognize his as an exhibition of guts and skill. He was Albie Booth cracking a beefy line, he was Bobby Schantz beating the Yankees...
...Leaders never realize how important they are to the kids in their group," says Byrnes. "PBH workers come down and soon every kid in their groups here-worships them; copy every move and step they make. That's why it's important that they set a good example...
Welterweight Billy Graham had fought Champion Kid Gavilan three times before. Irish Billy took a split decision in one of two nontitle bouts. Cuba's "Kid Hawk" won the other, plus a title defense against Billy-also on split decisions. But the last time Slugger Graham tangled with Boxer Gavilan, Billy's admirers were bitter as they left Madison Square Garden. They muttered darkly that Billy had been robbed; they began calling him "the champ without the crown...
Sparingly using his famed bolo punch the Kid kept battering Graham's head, shut one eye, half-shut the other. After 15 rounds, Graham was hanging on; this time Kid Hawk's decision was unanimous...
Turning his attention to Massachusetts state politics, he said that Senator Lodge is a fine liberal and an experienced senator, whereas "Kennedy is at heart an isolationist; a rich, handsome kid...