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...Quentin (Calif.) penitentiary, where he had been seven years for killing a woman in a drunken brawl, walked paunchy Norman Selby ("Kid McCoy"), 59, oldtime middleweight prizefighter noted for his craftiness and cruelty in the ring. By plane from San Francisco he flew to Dearborn, Mich, where awaited him a job in Ford Motor Co.. arranged by Harry Bennett, chief of Ford company police, whom he had taught boxing in the Navy. His job was described as "physical instructor." Felix, Count von Luckner, famed "Sea Devil," mariner since he was 13, Wartime scourge of Allied shipping, went yachting...
...Yale hopes to admit undergraduates free to all varsity contests. Classes will be rearranged to allow more time for intramural sport, so that the athletic opportunities of the average middleweight undergraduate will be greatly increased...
...captain, has an enviable record as light-weight in college boxing, and this year has scored two knockouts out of four bouts. Adlis has been on the team for two years, and Hines was on the Freshman team last year, winning all his houts as well as the University middleweight championship...
...surprise of the evening was the defeat by decision of P. W. Hines '34, stellar middleweight boxer, by Longert or Toronto. Bradford Simmons '34, knocked out Hees of Toronto in 1 minute, 45 seconds to win he heavyweight point and clinch the match for the University team. This is the first year that Simmons has done any boxing. He started at the beginning of the season in the elementary class but soon won himself a place on the University squad. The recovery of Sinclair, another Toronto athlete, from a bad physical beating at the hands of G. H. Nawn...
...prankish Sir Oswald Mosley, rich playboy politico. Deserted by Oliver Baldwin and by his wife (Lady Cynthia Mosley M. P. excused herself from seeking re-election "on account of poor health"), Sir Oswald put-18-queer candidates, mostly athletes, in the field. His star candidate: "Kid" Lewis, whilom English middleweight champion, a pugilist of no political experience who will contest Whitechapel where he lives, is popular with the rabble...