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...roar. The crowd was clamoring for the kill. Jackie Darthard, a promising 18-year-old Negro middleweight,* was down twice in the third round. At the bell, he stumbled woozily to his corner. To test his reactions, his manager threw questions at him quickly. "What's ya name. . . What town we in. . . What round is it?" Darthard muttered: "Cut out the jive, I'll get this guy." The guy he had to get was 160-lb. Bert Lytell, also a Negro and more noted for shiftiness than for a punch. But after the sixth round, Darthard looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kill | 5/3/1948 | See Source »

...sore at nobody. I just wanna fight. Somebody give me a reaming. Whoever got it in for me, I don't care. Was you a juvenile delinquent when you was nine? Well, I was. Never had no breaks. All I wanna do is fight. Hey Doc, ya see me fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rooky's Road Back | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...question. This time Petrillo came through in style on both counts. He had played hard-to-get when he learned that he was to be the cover subject, but the entire Chicago staff descended on him and Petrillo, who can take a production as well as give one, croaked "Ya got me outnumbered" and gave down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 2, 1948 | 2/2/1948 | See Source »

...ya go ta Harvard, and ya gotta friend dat wants ta go ta Harvard. Only trouble is he's at Yale awready. Tell ya wet ya gotto do, or better yet, tell ya wot die guy C1878 done. He puts and ad in da CRIMSON, da number of da ad is C1878, an' he's askin' if anybody at Harvard wants ta go ta Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Will Swap Mattress for Bunk At Yale, Wellesley, Wothavu | 1/20/1948 | See Source »

...course if ya wanta go ta Wellesley, take Route...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Will Swap Mattress for Bunk At Yale, Wellesley, Wothavu | 1/20/1948 | See Source »

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