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 —

/?OR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY

ABE SAPERSTEIN'S FABULOUS
HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS HAVE
BEEN SINKING BASKETS, SETTING
RECORPS AND ENTERTAINING FANS
EVERYWHERE WITH THEIR INIMITABLE
ANTICS. THE GL08E TROTTERS OF
TOPAY FIGURE THEIR RECEIPTS.
AS WELL AS THEIR FRIENPS ANP
FANS, IN THE MILLIONS. ANP THEIRS
IS A STORY OF GRIT, DETERMINA-
TION ANP AMERICAN INGENUITY
IT STARTEP BACK IN 19 27 IN
CHICAGO. ABE SAPERSTEIN HAP
BEEN COACHING A BASKETBALL
TEAM SPONSORED BY THE SAYOV
PANCE HALL. AS OUR STORY
OPENS, THE BOSS OF THE SAVOY
HAS JUST GIVEN, ABE SOME BAP
NEWS . .

THAT’S THE WAY IT STANDS, ABE.'

WE'RE ABANDONING SPONSORSHIP
OF THE SAVOY BIG FIVE BASKET-
BALL TEAM ANP SWITCHING TO A
ROLLER-SKATING
TROUPE/ SORRY !
j
—
yOO'&£
J SORRY? WAIT
'TIL X BREAK
TO THE
——
THIS
i 80V5 / }

...SO WE'RE 0EIN WHY PON'T WE

CHUCKED OUT TICK TOGETHER
FOR A BUNCH //MR. SAPERSTEIN*
OF ROLLER . you BE THE BOSS
SKATERS.' /AND WE'LL TRY IT ON
OUR OWN / WHATAYA^.
SAY, GUYS?
WHY NOT?
THING
THAT'S
THE
TICKET/

OPYRJGHT 1953 BY APPROVED COMICS. IN C- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

 - /

you guys just ma pe a deal '

'Abe lost HOLD ON TO YOUR OUST LIKE I
WE'LL CALL OURSELVES THEHARLE/A NO TIME IN DERBIES FELLAS : ALWAYS SAID,
GLOBE TROTTERS / HARLEM/ SO BOOKING A THE GLOBE TROTTERS finaL
MR.SAPERSTEIN.^
PEOPLE W/LL KNOW WE'RE A NEGRO SERIES OF ARE ON THEIR WAY/ THERE'S NOTHIN'
TEAM/ AND GLOBE TROTTERS, SO ONE LIKE TRAVELIN'
THEY'LL THINK WE'VE BEEN AROUND/.. NIGHT FtRST CLASS!
WE'RE IN BUSINESS, GANG.' STANDS IN
SEVERAL
SMALL
TOWNS
|
WEST OF
CHICAGO.
THE ONLY
TRANS-
PORTATION
I AVAILABLE
TO THE
FINANCIALLY
EMBARRASSED
TROTTERS
WAS ABE'S
JALOPY..."

"One of their first games was held on a

MAKESHIFT COURT IN A LARGE HAYLOFT. THAR HE
EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER W/LL/E OLIVER GOES
BROKE FOR THE BASKET /'. .

PASS IT, HARRY, HEY, SLOW DOWN,

I'M CLEAR / FELLER/ THAT FLOOR'S
KINDA WEAK, AND...

WOW/ GET A
WHIFF OF THIS -
DROP HIM BACK
DOWN THERE,
"ffHUS,
'SWEET' GUY' HE SURP QUICK /"SWEET"
WILLIE
OLIVER,
SMELLS
SWEET/„ ^ WILLIE -- WHEW/
WHO
WAS
LATER
TO BE-
COME A
TROTTER
IMMORTAL,
GAINED
A NICK-
NAME
THAT
CLUNG
TO HIM
FOR
THE
REST
OF HIS
PLAYING
DAYS..T
 ,

P WAL NOW THAI? AIN'T NO HOTELS, BUT

THE SHESlPF HERE IS A RIGHT. NICE y
MAN AND THE JAlL"p-

"But before they reached shelby they

“The boys were caught in a blinding snow-
played STORM. SUDDENLY HARRY RUSAN CALLED
THEIR WAY
FROM TOWN
70 TOWN
PICKING
UP GAMES
WHEREVER
THEY COULD.
THEIR
ULTIMATE
DESTINATION
WAS
SHELBY,
MONTANA ,

WHERE ABE
HAD LINED
UP A
FAIRLY
LUCRATIVE

(3
" Jhe shack was owned by a HEY, BOSS.' Y'KNOW SOMETHIN'? ’
\
MAYBE STAYIN'
FRIENDLY SHEEPHERDER ..." W6 SHOULDA BOUGHT ROLLER SKATES \ OUT THERE IN
ANP STAYEP IN CHICAGO.' PON'T / THE STORIA ANP
•TAIN'T MUCH BUT WE CALL IT LIKE TO 8E IMPEKLITE, 8UT THESE AREEZIN& _TO
HOME / YOU BOYS ARE WELCOME CQR
THE SHEEP PON'T SMELL KIOHT
TO SHARE IT ; r

WITH US/ j-s GANG'\ BRRR/ NEXT 48 .

AFTER ALL, HARRY/
I IT'S HOURS
/FREEZIN 1

OUT HERE' GLOBE 1

&A*
trotters
FOUND
SANCTUARY
FROM
THE
STORM
IN THE
TINY
shack..:

-At last the boys reached shelbv..:

LISTEN, HERE, SHORT STUFF/ WE

"Hater, PON'T CARE HOW MANY POINTS YOU
AS THE ALL SCORE-
BOYS BETTER
WERE WE'LL HAVE
CHANGING, SHIP YOU
A 'FRIENDLY'
DELEGATION
DROPPED
IN FOR
A FEW 1
WORDS...'

“THE FIRST DELEGATION HAD "Led by stout abe, the

HARDLY DISAPPEARED WHEN TROTTERS DUNKED IN ELEVEN
ANOTHER ONE STORMED INTO STRAIGHT BASKETS "AND SEWED
THE DRESSING ROOM ..." UP THE CONTEST . . .

WE GOT A PILE O' GOLD DOST

BET ON THE TROTTERS
TO W/At f IF'N YOU
COYOTES HAPP'N 'TO LOSE,
THE VULTURES ARE GONNA
HAVE A FEAST IN THE
MORNIN . JEST SOME
^
M
NEIGHBORLY APVICE
 , D!

*ThEN WITHOUT WAITING TO FIND OUT

•Although
WHAT THEY HAD EARNED AT THE SOY 1917, THEIR
TlNLUZY FIRST YEAR,
OFFICE THE BOYS P/LED INTOTHE WAS A
AND FLED OUT OF TOWN ON DOUBLE
,

FINANCIAL WASH
FLOP, THE
HARLEM MONmNA

7%
.w |j

CLOSE ^
/- TROTTERS
S COMPILE
f AN AMAZING
OREGON ,
J.
/[/
\ RECCES'.
} THEY WON
1 /O / OF 107
S GAMES PLAYED
I DESPITE THE
TR/8ULA T/ONS
I OF THEIR

INITIAL
SEASON, ABE
” I
VVlC X—1 — '

'
•

NAS SURE HIS- Y VAX

U !

BOYS HAD
SOMETHING...
t
i
-

C'
— i ——
CHICAGO AT LAST, ABE HAD
*
Teddy strong grabbed the ball and bounced
»8aCK IN "
IT OFF HIS HEAD "
NEW IDEAS FOR THE 'IS SEASON... j

HERE'S AN OLP
SOCCER SHOT/
LET'S FACE FACTS, BOYS ! BECAUSE MR. S.! IT'S
WE'RE A NEGRO TEAM IT'S TOUGH TO REAL BAS/
GET A BREAK IN SOME TOWNS BUT IF '
ONCE YOU
WE HAPsomething DIFFERENT 7 GET THE
TO OFFER PEOPLE WOULP COME - v
KNACK/
ONCE WE
PURELY OUT OP CURIOSITY /
GET THEM INSIPE TO WATCH US, HALF

"THE BALL COMPLETED A PERFECT ARC AND

.DROPPED THROUGH THE Bf^S/CET g "
^ «j . f

'•Runt pullins sat down and demon

" HERE'S ONE THAT'S SHOWY, BOSS ! YOU BALANCE
STRATED HIS 'EASY- CHAIR' SHOT... THE BALL ON THE INPEX FINGER ANP SPIN IT
HOW'S TH/S GREAT / ANY OTHERS *
AROUNP LIKE A TOP/ _ r—
\
FOR STYLE ? HE Y ! \
THAT'S )

A CINCH i
BEEN
POIN ‘ THAT

WONPER-^S
FULL
WONPERFULV
W /

...I’VE
GOT THE
% l
BEST BUNCH 1
OF SHOWMEN
IN THE #

BUSINESS.^
"ffHEN 'SWEET 'WILLIE CAME UP WITH OKAY, BOV'S I THINK WE’RE REAPY TO HIT
ONE POP THE BOOKS ..." ,

THE ROAL? AGAIN/ 8U T REMEMBER. THIS,

THE GAME
W£ AM/ST ALWAYS W//VP/RST
WITH STRAYGHT BALL — THEN
"Top WE GO INTO THE ACT/ NEVER
weeks FORGET THAT WE'RE
THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS
BOYS
PRAC-
TICED
THE/P
NEW
TRICKS,
THEN...

"The
TROTTERS
WASTED
LITTLE
TIME IN
GOING
INTO
THEIR.
ACT,
AND
THE
OPPOSITION
WAS
FLABBER-
GASTED..."

"Ano tub fans.. ” FZ7~Mnrr cm "ffHE

SPECTATORS
I'M TELLING YOU, JEPA THAN A WERE IN
THIS IS THE GREATEST / BARREL OF FOR AN
^SHOW I EVER SAW/
V/canMONKEYS/ AN'
THESE FELLAS
PLAY,
UNSCHEDULED
LAUGH
THAT
L^( \ TOO/ r-*''
NIGHT
WHEN TOOTS
WRIGHT
CHARGED
IN FOR
A DRIVING
LAYUP
SHOT.
HE MADE
IT, AND
CAME DOWN
8 SQUARELY
I ON THE LOCAL
1 HEATING
| SYSTEM.,/'
 Unman was responsible for many of
THE TRICKS IN THE TROTTERS' REFER TO/RE,
AND HE PROVED AN ABLE TEACHER. ,. "

"During the
next four
YEARS, THE
GREATEST
NEGRO STARS
IN THE
COUNTRY
JOINED THE
SAPERSTE/N
CREW, ROCK
ANDERSON ,

FATS LONG,
ZACK CLAYTON,
TED STRONG,
RAZOR FRAZIER,
SAM SHARPE,
SONNY BOSWELL.
THE WIN -LOSS
COLUMN RE-
FLECTED
THE ABILITY
OF THESE
PLAYERS.
'29- 'SO: IS/ -13
•30 -'3/: 137- M-
>3/-'3Z: 14-5- /)
•3Z-'35: 14-7-10
THE TROTTERS
ROLLED ON..."

\
 / /

Si -34-ms ONE OF THE/R THESE TROTTERS MAKE A YOU'RE RIGHT

)
GREATEST SEASONS. THEY TRAVESTY OF THE GAME/ J THEY COULDN'T W/N
NON !SZ GAMES AND LOST THIS l$N>T BASKETBALL! /ANY OTHER NAY/ AND
BUT Z FOR AN AVERAGE OF
D
.987. WHILE /N CANADA
DURING TH/S GALA SEASON,
M ga< c /| 1
I'M GOING TO SAY 50
IN My COLUMN/ .

\
THEY OUTO/D THEMSEL YES * . .

THEY THINK
FOLLOWING **** WE CAN'T PLAy
PAY/.." BASKETBALL, HUH? "Stung
WE'LL SHOW THEM by THE
LISTEN, BOYS, WE'RE PLAYING THEM REMARKS
AGAIN TONIGHT/ I WANT YOU TO OF THE
GO OUT THERE AND SWAMP THOSE CANADIAN
CANADIAN ALL-STARS J NO FUNNY NEWSPAPER-
STUFF / JUST POUR IT ON WITH
STRAIGHT BASKETBALL/
^ S MEN,
THE

7 rx—
UNDERSTAND?
///vWE° SURE
\ -
.

) YEAH.
man 1
\
/
TROTTERS
SHOWED
NO MERCY
TO A
P/CKED
TEAM OF
ALL -STARS.
THEY
RACKED
UP /20
POINTS
TO ONLY
20 FOR.
THE
CANUCKS/.:

cfls/M/LAR WAS
CHARGE MADE /N IOWA
LATER THAT SEASON, SO ABE INSTRUCTED
THE BOYS TO LET RUNT PULL/NS DO ALL
THE SHOOTING. THE RUNT SCORED 75
PO/A/TS TO WIN SINGLE-HANDED..."

THAT 75 POINTS SETS

SOME SORT OF RECORD, BUDDY/ WE DON'T
DOESN'T IT, ABE ? HOW KEEP ANY INDIVIDUAL
A^ANY POINTS HAS SCORING RECORDS
RUNT SCORED SO ON THE TROTTERS/
SEASON
FAR. THIS / WE JUST PLAY A TEAM
GAME/ THE IMPORTANT
THIN© IS TO WIN/
 ) ' ' ,

fzOM ALL
yVHATT VOU -SAY yOU'VE OVER THE
GOT lOUIS-'BABE country
FRESSlEY? I WANT HIAV- THEY CAME.
HE'S A GOOP PEFENSlVE they knew
MAN / GIVE HIM OUR THAT THIS
STANPARP ROOKIE OFFER LITTLE MAN BIRMINGHAM BLACK BARONS/
5 400 A MONTH TO WHO WAS WITH THOSE LONG ARMS
START ANP ALL EXPENSES lovingly AND BIG HAN PS YOU SHOULD
IF HE WORKS ,
CALLED AAAKE A BASKETBALL PLAYER!
OUT THEr-<LOS ANGELES •LITTLE WE'LL SEE/
CAESAR REPORT TO
BY HIS THE LOCKER
PLAYERS, ROOM
WOULD FOR A
GIVE THEM
A SCJARE
ONE
DEAL..
DAY A TALL
(SAURY KID
QQjNTXY.. CAME INTO
ABE'S
OFFICE..'.'

A YEAH-- WHY
J SHUCKS / AAAYBE
1
PON'T LET IT GET
'

SAY, LITTLE CAESAR,

YOU AIN'T GONNA AAAKE ) PON'T YOU
:
X SHOULPA STUCK TO YOU, GOOSE.' j I
— )

A BALL PLAYER OUT S SENP HIM BACK BASEBALL / I OUST AIN'T YOU'LL --'you
.

BETCHA/
(

OF THAT GORILLA / TO THE *

GOT IT, MR. "f PICK IT I

CIRCUS? I SAY HE'S\ SAPERSTEIN/ \ UP.' / C'MON

GOING TO )fc GOOSEY.'
k*'^/ LET'S SHOWER
/ BE A GREAT / I
( BASKETBALL
STAR/ NOW, YOU
^ n.
tt UP ANP TAKE
IN A MOVIE/
^
COMEPIAN5 GOON
CUT THERE ANP WORK
v>
—r&AOO OA//.
him/ with

V/ND/CATED ABE'S CONE /PENCE

 "/Loaded with a bevy of stars like
IT'S AMAZING you SAID IT.' ) HAYNES , ABE'S TEAM BREEZED THROUGH
"HO REALLY I'VE NEVER THIS KID JUST I
SEASON AFTER SEASON, NEVER WINNING
GOOD SEEN SUCH DRIBBLED ( LESS THAN !3S GAMES. AT THE END OF THE
PROSPECT SENSATION, HIMSELF ONTO REGULAR <49 -'SO SEASON C /S/-2) ABE
ESCAPED DRIB- THE HARLEM SCHEDULED A WORLD SERIES OF BASKET-
ABE. DOWN BLING GLOBE TROTTERS BALL AGA/NST THE TOP COLLEGE STARS
HE GOT A
I

AT BE- / OF THE COUNTRY.

THE COLLEGE ROSTER
LANGSTON FOR WIRE THIS 'BOASTED PAUL AR/Z/N, BOB COUSY, KEVIN
UNIVERSITY k MORNING/ > 'O'SHEA , GERRY CALABRESE, /RV DAMBROT
OKLAHOMA, AMO MANV OTHERS . . .
"
MARQUES
HAYNES
WAS
LEAD/NG
HtS
7£AM ffh
TO ^VJ>
ITS
UD. TH
WIN
US
GAMES..'.'

"On one
OF THE
I 0 GAMES
PLAYED,
OF WHICH
THE TROTTERS
WON II
marques
HAYNES
PUT ON A
MASTERFUL
EXHIBITION
OF CONTROLLED
dribbling.
AT A
SIGNAL HIS
TEAM -MATES
WENT OUT
OF ACTION
AND FOR '
TWO
M/NUTES
HAYNES KEPT
THE BALL
AWAY FROM
THE ALL-STARS.,

"MARQUES "fHE TROTTERS FINISHED UP THE SEASON

HAYNES WITH A 73-GAME TOUR OF WESTERN EUROPE
AND NORTH AFRICA THEY DROPPED ONL Y ONE
•

AND SAM .

WHEELER
JOINED
TATUM
IN THE
STANDS,
AND
WHILE
THEY
AUTO-
GRAPHED
PROGRAMS,
ROOK/E
•

BROWN
AND
BABE
PRESSLEY
STOOD
THE
STARS
OFF
single-
handed.:.
 .

'•ThE TROTTERS
ROARED
THROUGH THE
'SO-'d SEASON
WITH A /SO -I
record,
THEN TOOK
ON A FRESH
ALL-STAR
GROUP IN
APRIL, ‘S/
aga/nst stars
such AS Bill
AALKVY,BOB
ZAWOLUR MARK,

WORKMAN AND
ROD FLETCHER
THE TROTTERS
WON IS OF!6.
ONCE AGA/N
THE/R ANTICS
THRILLED THE
CROWDS... "

•‘Following the all-star series

abe
TOOK THE BOYS ON A SECOND WORLD
The
WAS TO TAKE THEM TO ALASKA, TROTTERS
TOUR THAT traveled
AND SOU TH AMERICA,
HAWAII, CENTRAL OOO
18 ,
EUROPE AND AFRICA GIVE HIM M/LES /N
ARM, A 59 -SAME
MAN, THIS IS WORSE THAN youR.
GOOSE ! SOUTH
THE ARMY7 PO YOU MINP FOR $ 2,000 'AMERICAN
VERy MUCH IF I STAy HOME,
—
^ . LITTLE
CAESAR z.
A MONTH
YOU SHOULPUT
TOUR
THE LAT/NS t

MINP A ADORED '

COUPLE OP y THE BOYS

SHOTS IN AND
THE ARM/ J jntrrA POURED
OUT TO
THE BULL
arenas
AND
SOCCER
1 STADIUMS
TO WATCH
THEM. IN ZAO
PAULO, BRAZIL,
THE BOYS
PLAYED A
GAME IN THE
HOTEL LOBBY
BY POPULAR
DEMANUJ'
"In AFRICA, GOOSE
OF BASKETBALL ,
THE SULTAN OF
LAUGHTER. ..."
"0NE
OF THE
HIGH-
LIGHTS
OF THE
EURO-
PEAN
TRIP
CAME
WHEN.
THE
PQPE
RE- •

QUESTED
THE
TROTTERS
TO VISIT
H/M AT
THE
VATICAN..
 « |

“ffHE TROTTERS HAP ONLY A FEW

GAMES SCHEDULED FOR GERMANY, •More ’ HURRAY \ LONG LIVE £-
AND NONE IN BERLIN. BUT ONE THAN POR THE ' THE
EVENING, GENERAL JOHN J. McCLOY, 75,000
i ,

DEMOCRACIES.
HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE U.S. ROARING
GLOBE
OCCUPATION ZONE, MADE A SPECIAL FANS TROTTERS
REQUEST " . . . |
< TURNED
THERE'S A POWERFUL
1
OUT TO
COMMUNIST YOUTH RALLY GREET
SCHEDULED F OR TOMORROW! IF < THE
YOU MEN WILL PLAY AT THE GLOBE
OLYMPIC STADIUM TROTTERS
WILL COUNTER-
ACT THE
& v - THE
Jf- f WE'D CONSIDER ) LARGEST
EFFECTS OF JB* 1
THEIR :
IT AN HONOR, ) BASKET-
GENERAL ! BALL
ml
RALLY'. Ej. AUDIENCE
wt - wkv IN nmpRY.
/-
r *llk needless
i

''H "/
r /wL i
70 5AY
THE RED
III
im YOUTH
HI bally WAS
wImn 4 failure
WITH
*Zaperste/n had BEEN PICKERING A
THISCAME CONCLUPES THE HOLLYWOOD FOR SOME TIME ABOUTBOYS,
50- 51 SEASON FOR THE MOTION PICTURE FEATURING HIS
"THE GLOBE HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS/ AND SO ..." gg |M| ., M jug-
TROTTERS THEIR TOTAL ATTENPANCE ^
WOUND UP THE/R FOR THE YEAR IS NOW RECEIVED SIGNED CONTRACT'"
120, OOO-MILE
ESTIMATED AT SLIGHTLY COLUMBIA PICTURES WE'RE .

WORLD TOUR OVER Z. 000,000... FILM THE "HARLEM CLOSE

ON SEPTEMBER. TROTTERS" AND THEV THAT
BROWN ) AIN'T

AT
30, 1951,
ST. LOUIS,
WANT ROOKIE
TO STAR.'
ABOUT THAT"~y
HOW y BROWN
PRETTY.? HE'S
WHERE "THEY IRRESTISLE.' KISS
BECAME THE y
me, rookie, you
ONLY BASKETBALL HANDSOME . ’
TEAM IN
Jeo CLOWN
away,
,

movie star.'
HISTORY
SHARE A DOUBLE
TO __\yYOU
HEADER WITH A
BASEBALL TEAM -
THE ST. LOUIS
BROWNS THE .

TROTTERS PLAYED
A LOCAL ALL-STAR
TEAM AND THE
PROCEEDS WENT TO
THE COMMUNITY FUND.
MORE THAN 14.000
PAID THEIR WAY INTO t

SPORTSMANS PARK..!

SAY, MEN
1 JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING TO
THEY ONCE TOLP ME THAT NEGRO
BASKETBALL COULDN'T SUCCEED ON A
NATION -WIPE SCALE/ WELL, AFTER 24
YEARS WE'VE PROVED THEM WRONG/ I \
RECFJVEP ANOTHER LETTER TOPAY. LISTEN; ).
m
THE GLOBE TROTTERS HAVE PROVEN J
THEMSELVES AMBASSADORS < .
-Babe"
Pressley
E rmer \
Robinson
EXTRAORDINARY OF GOOD WILL • \
WHEREVER THEY HAVE GONE. ON ANY \
FUTURE TOURS PLEASE CALL ON THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR ANY HELP WE CAN GIVE.
ALL l CAN SAY, GUYS, IS- WE'RE A /
GREAT TEAM - IT'S A GREAT COUNTRY yf/lfl
AND A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE IN
•Goose Joshua
Tatum Grider

YVilliarfr Rookie'
Oarehce-N Brovin
Wilson Garrett
 A

^LL MEXICO CITY WAS TALKING

ABOUT SIDNEY FRANKLIN, Th£
AMERICAN -BORN MATADOR
PE TOROS, WHO HAP
EARNEP A PLACE OF HIGH
REGARP IN THE BULL RING.
UNDER THE TUTORSHIP OF
RODOLFO GAONA, GREATEST
MEXICAN MATADOR OF ALU
TIME, THE BROOKLYN - BORN
FRANKLIN HAP BECOME
EXPERT IN ALL THE CLASSIC
FUNDAMENTALS OF BULL
FIGHTING. HE ADDED NEW
FLOURISHES AND TECHNIQUES
THAT WON HIM WIPE ACCLAIM .

IN SEVILLE AND AAADRIP, SPAIN,

HE WAS WORSHIPPED ON A
PLANE WITH JOSELITO AND
BELMONTE AAOST FAMOUS OF THE
,

SPANISH AAATAPORS. NOW WE

ARE IN THE ARENA. IT IS MARCH,
1930, AND THE GREAT FRANKLIN IS
ON THE PROGRAM AS OUR STORY
.

OPENS THE BULLFIGHTERS AAAKE

THE PASEO OR ENTRY INTO THE
PL A2A Va TOROS (BULL RiNGJ..."

*WhEY STRODE ACROSS THE RING JO THE BOY OF THE “again the trumpet SOUNDED—
LOCAL DIGNITARIES ANP BOWED IN RESPECT. A NOD gate slip back anp out strope
OF RECOGNITION, THE BLARE OF A TRUMPS T AND EL TORO — THE MAGNIFICENT
THE CORRIDA C PROGRAM) WAS UNDER WAY..." FIGHTING BULL. FOR FOUR YEARS HE
HAP BEEN BREP ANP TRAINEP FOR
,
supreme moment. EL TORO
THIS
FEAREC? NO MAN ...
it
 / /

BEGAN THE LON6 PROCESS OP PREPARING

"AT THE LAST POSS/BlE MOMENT THE
the bull for the matador/ from behind a
BANDER/LL ERO DARTED BEHIND THE PROTECTION
WALL STEPPED A BAMDERUL ERO WHO WAVED OP THE WALL, AND EL TORO SLAMMED INTO THE
H/S CAPE AT THE BULL/ /N A BLIND RAGE THE
BARRIER WITH THE IMPACT OP AN E/PRESS
BULL SNORTED, AND CHARGED THE SMALL

TWO - THREE TIMES MORE THE BULL WAS AGAIN THE BANDER/LLERO TOOK OVER/
FEINTED INTO EXERTING HIS ENERGIES ON THE DRAWING THE BULL IN A CHARGE, HE RAISED
BARRIER/ THEN CAME THE P/CA DOR MOUNTED HIMSELF HIGH, AND TO ONE S/DE, AS THE
ON HORSEBACK'/ WITH A LONG LANCE HE CUT BEAST CHARGED BY/ THEN HE PLUNGED HIS
DEE PL Y INTO THE MOUND OP FLESH AND MUSCLE BANDER/LLEROS CLONG DARTS ) INTO EL
THAT FORMS THE HUMP ON A BULL'S NECK
THIS MASS IS SO FIRMS AND STRONG NO HUMAN
,

CAN DRI/E A SWORD THROUGH iTj THE P/CADOR'S

pofZ TH£ MArA p0x'£

SUDDENLY, THE ENRAGED BULL TURNED AND CHARGED,

NOTHING COULD KEEP HIM FROM HIS PURPOSE/ WITH A VERY WELL, AM 1(505/ Y V/VA
SWEEP OF HIS HORNS HE IMPALED THE BANDER/LLERO LEAVE HIM TO ME / / FRANkL/N/
AND THREW HIM HIGH INTO THE A/R / DEATH CLAIMED
THE BULL'S
PAPTN.
EARTH .
*
TORMENTOR. BEFORE HIS BODY CRASHED BACK TV
-
—-— - -
I SHALL HANPLE
EL TORO/
^
y/S/? -y
\
 .

‘FRANKLIN 6 RASPED MS MULETA (.CAPE) AND FOUR- FIVE-SIX TIMES FRANKUN PASSED THE
INVITED THE BULL TO CHARGE. 1 THE ANGRY CHARGING BULL CLOSE AGAINST H/S WAIST/
BEAST, INCENSED AT THE WAVING CLOTH. LOWERED THEN WITH A FLOURISH HE COMPLETED THE
H/S HEAD AND CHARGED.' FRANKLIN, IN A DARING SERIES WITH A REBOL ERA, BY WHIRLING
MOVE, BROUGHT THE BEAST CLOSE TO H/S BOOT THE CAPE ABOUT H/S BODY AND LEADING
IN A PERFECTLY EXECUTED VERON/CA ..." THE BULL IN A D/ZZY CIRCLE..."

‘WITH ALL THE GRACE OF A BALLET DANCER, AND THE DARING OF A P/RATE, FRANKL/N LED
EL TORO INTO INTRICATE, DANGEROUS PASSES' MORE THAN ONCE THE HORN TIPS R/PPED
H/S TROUSERS, AND THE BULL'S BLOOD RUBBED OFF ON THE AMERICAN ‘S CHEST. .

THEN CAME THE SUPREME MOMENT-- THE ... PLUNGED IT DEEP INTO THE V/TALS OF THE
N/LL / THE MAN MUST GO TO THE BULL UP , GALLANT BULL / THE AFICIONADOS LfANS )
AND OVER THE HORNS AND MAKE THE FINAL WENT W/LD W/TH JOY...
PLUNGE / ONLY THE MULETA F/XES THE BULL'S
HORNS DOWN/ IF A SUDDEN GUST OF W/NP
HAPPENS TO L/FT THE CAPE THE BULL WOULD
RAISE ITS HORNS /NTO THE BODY OR NECK OF
THE UNPROTECTED MATADOR/ FRANKL/N FIXED
H/S BULL, STEPPED CLOSE, RA/SEP H/S SWORD,

‘FRANKL/N, NOT WAITING FOR THE PY/NG

BULL TO FALL, TURNED QUICKLY TO FACE
H/S ADMIRERS ..."
 Y, IT HAPPENED/ AS THE BULL
“ttUPDENL
ELL FORWARD IN ITS LAST CONVULSIVE
“45 THE WOUNDED MAN NAB CARR/EP FROM THE RING...
ACROBB THE BORDER, FAR TO THE NORTH AT BIB BPRlNBB,
MOVEMENT, IT PLUNGED PS HORN TEXAS— AT THE TIME, TOTALLY UNRELATED TP THE
EEP INTO FRANKL/N'S BACK ..." SPECTACLE BELOW THE RIO GRANPE-A BABY B/RL WAS
BORN/ YET, THERE WAS A 5TRANBE BONP THAT WAS TO
TIE THEBE TWO EVENTS TOBETHER TWO PECAPES LATER/.

U
AS THE L/TTLE B/RL --PATRICIA McCOBM/CK— 3Y THE TIME PAT WAS SEVEN, HER M/NP WAS
BREW OLPER SHE BECAME INTERESTEP /N NAPE UP.' SHE WAS GOINS TO BE AN ARTIST/
ART ANp NATURE../ THEN, ONE PAY..."

PAPPY AREN’T THESE

FLOWERS BEAUTIFUL /
X'P LIKE TO BE ABLE T O
PRAW ALL THE NICE BlRPS
ANP FLOWERS I SEE /
MAY X BE AN ARTlSt
WHEN I 6ROW UP/

WHILE IN MEXICO CITY, MR. MCCORMICK TOOK 'Put never forbot that thrilling afternoon!
PATRICIA TO A BULL FI&HT/ AT THAT TIME, YEARS LATER SHE WAS STILL TALKING ABOUT IT./.
SIPNEY FRANKL/N WAS IN SEMI-RETIREMENT
IN EUROPE/ BUT THERE, IN THE VERY SAME
ARENA WHERE THE- AMERICAN MATADOR HAP
THR/LLEP THOUSANDS A STRANGE PEEL/NO
,

GRIPPED PAT..."

THIS IS THE MOST

WONPERFUL THINS I'VE
EVER SEEN, PAPPY/ 1
CAN’T TAKE MV 'EYES
OFF IT FOR
 ENTERS? TEXAS WESTERN V '95/, V HEP SENIOR hear,
%S PAT GREW OLPER,SHE MAJOR?? IN .3 NT OO T A~£jA,\?RO ?£
COLLEGE at el PASO, TEXAS WHERE SHE RE’ RE? MATAP'OR...'
ART' BUT IN EVERY SPARE MOMENT PAT STOLE ACROSS , A
JUAk^.
the BOR?ER TO WATCH THE BOLL EIGHTS AT SE nor PE
HiERRO I
HAVE DECIDED*
^
XJ
TO QUIT SCHOOL >
AND DEVOTE MY-
SELF TO THE BULL
RING/ I WANT
YOU TO TRAIN
A<\E J

MONTHS SPE? BY ?E H'ERRO USE?

RIGOROUS
LONG, TRAINING PROGRAM WAS *45 THE
EVERV triCK AT H/S COMMAND —
*A
Afaunj pat put h£r heart ano soul into
THE TEPtOUS SESSIONS--: .] '

T
— TO TRAIN THE VOUNG NOV/CE.^
REMEMBER--YOU MUST
WILL SIMULATE THE BULL'S CHARGE / YOU ALLOW THE HORNS TO COA\E
MUST BE GRACEFUL AS YOU AVOID THE
HORNS/ A CLUMSY MATADOR rT‘ ' CLOSE / THE AFICIONADOS,
AMERICANS WOULD y WILL NOT STANC?
IS WHAT YOU
for a lily- r-^rnm
CALL A "BUSH
" LIVER / r— _JW
LEAGUER .

"AT LAST, PAT WAS REAPY FOR HER FIRST

TRIAL/ JUAREZ WAS ££LECTEP AS THE SITE OF
THE PEBUT OF THE NOV/LL ERA ASP/RANTE
CAPPRENTICE - SEMI PROFESSIONAL )/ THE
REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO WOMEN WERE
C^ULLV EXPLAINS^ rTETTiS *

“ T FORBIPS A WOMAN TO FIGHT A BULL

MORE THAN TWO YEARS OLIO.' EVEN
THOUGH A BULL POES NOT REACH HIS
FULL MATURITY ANP FEROCITY TIL WW,
YOU WILL FINP ANY
"FIGHTING BULL
A SEVERE TASK !
 THE B/G PAY ARRIVED/PAT °THEN. TO THE TUNE OP THE ’VIRGIN OP MACARENA '
*FINALLY,
NAS READY/ /N ACCORDANCE WITH ANP FLANKEP BY A COMPLEMENT OP CUADR/LLEROS
THE TRAPIT/ON PAT ENTEREP THE CASSISTANTS) PAT STROPE INTO THE ARENA - -THE F/RST r
MATAPORS' PRIVATE CHAPEL ANP AMERICAN WOMAN EVER TO CARRY THE
OFFEREP A PRAYER ..." MATADOR'S MULETA /A/ TO A BULL RING ..."

"PAT NAS NERVOUS TENSE.' THE BULL

,

CHARGED/ PAT ATTEMPTED TO PASS THE BULL

N/TH A FLOURISH OF HER CAPE/ THE PASS
WAS CLUMSY— THE BULL'S HORNS CAUGHT
UP THE CAPE ANP ..."
,

FINALLY, PAT MADE THE K/LLJ EVEN AT THE LAST THE YOUNG BULL
MADE PAT'S PERFORMANCE LOOK PULL
FINALE WITH M/XEP SENTIMENT.
" J THE FANS. MET THE
J MO-6IVE
— 6IVE
ANOTHER
ME \ THE
BULL / I
\
SENORITA
IS
BRAVE /SHE
VERY
HAVE THE/ SHALL HAVE
ENOUGH-- SENp HER ANOTHER KNACK J THE BRAVEST
HER HOME TO HER CHANCE/ .
OF IT \ BULL IN THE
. COOKING/ THE NOW/ L. STALLS/ •

' BULL RING

IS NOT FOR
THE GRINGO.

\
 "WITH BACH PASSING AIOMENT PATRICIA IM-
PROVED AS SHE RE-UVEP THE GREAT
MOMENTS OE THE BULL RING ABOUT WHICH
SHE HAP REAP SO MUCH/ NOW IT WAS THE
BULL THAT WAS FORCED TO HIS /CNEES,
INSTEAD OE THE MATAPORA WHO HAP BEEN
SO AWKWARD IN HER FIRST EIGHT...''

’when THE MOMENT FOR THE /C/LL ARRIVED, » SECONP AMERICAN STARHAPARRNEPON
UPON THE HORNS ANP THE MEXICAN BULL EIGHT SCENE/ NOT SINCE
CLOSE\A/rM?n
PAT CAME T-nez /M " FRANKLIN- EE TEARS EARUER--HAP A
THE HEART OP
. cC.

GRINGO SO CAPTUREO
MEXICO / ALMOST BEFORE THE BULL LAN
OEAP THE /HEX/CAN UNION OF
MATADORS voted unanimously to „
as spot patp/C/A AS A FULL MATAPOR ...

'what FATE AWAITS PAT MCCORMICK! WILL

‘then to make the afternooaj complete GO ON PARIN6 LIFE ANP LIMB IN THE
THE JUPGES A WARP PAT BOTH OE THE BULL'S --HE
3ULL RING- RISKING THE FATE OF BELMONTE
EARS —ONE OF THE BULL R/WGG HIGHEST
AWARPS.1 THE BRAVE MATADORA FOUGHT tup JOSELITO WHO PIED ON THE GAME BULLS
RACK THE TEARS OF JOT ANP GRAT/TUPE / WORNS T FOR THIS IS NO CHILD'S THAT
RATRIC-iA PLATS.' 'T IS A FIGHT TO THE FINISH
HER EVERY WISH HAP COME TRUE WHCH ONLY DEATH CAN W/N — CLAIMINGt/
EITHER THE BULL OR THE MATADOR/
 .

"IT WAS NOT L0NGA60 THAT

BIG GEORGE MIKAN, SIX-FOOT '
NINE- INCH STAR OF THE
PROFESSIONAL MINNEAPOLIS
LAKERS. WASTOLD HE'D
NEWER. MAKE A BASKETBALL
PLAYER. UNLIKE MANy GREAT
STARS, GEORGE WAS NOT
‘BORN TO THE GAM E' BUT
LEARNED IT THE HARP WAY
THIS IS THE MIKAN I'P LIKE
TO TELL YOU ABOUT. AS'
OUR STORY OPENS WE FIND
GEORGE MIKAN, A MEMBER
OF THE JOLIET CYO FIVE
STRETCHEP OUT AFTER A
COLLISION...'!

"A PEW DAYS LATER. "BUT GEORGE WAS

.
NOW TAKE MY DETERMINED TO PLAY
ADVICE , GEORGE / YOU'RE UNUSUALLY BULKY
FOR A LAD OF SIXTEEN / SIX FEET
EIGHT AND 240 POUNDS MAKE
UP QUITE A LOAD FOR THOSE
ANKLES TO SUPPORT/ NO
MORE BASKETBALL / BESIDES,
YOU SHOULDN'T BE PLAYING
WITH THOSE BAD EYES
OF YOURS, EITHER/
"WHEN 17 -YEAR- OLD GEORGE GRADUATED FROM JUST AS I THOUGHT/ >
X THINK THE KID
OU/GLEY PREP IN CHICAGO, HE PACKED HfS BAGS BIG, SLOW AND CLUMSY/ COULD BE
AND HEADED FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE THAT OX WILL NEVER AAOLDED INTO A
DAME IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA /N THE GYMNASIUM
.

MAKE A BALL PLAYER/ / GOOD COURTMAN,

HE MET BASKETBALL COACH GEORGE KEOGAN F .

IVHAT DO YOU THINK, BUT YOU'RE THE

COACH SAYS THANKS, MR. MEYER/ WELL, "GEORGE RETURNED TO CHICAGO AND ENROLLED
NO DICE, KID / GUESS T'LL HEAD FOR HOME AT LITTLE DEPAUL UNIVERSITY WHEN HE
.

BUT DON'T DIVE

I

AND ENROLL AT DEPAUL/ REPORTED FOR BASKETBALL PRACTICE /N THE

THAT'S WHAT X SHOULD HAVE FALL OF 1941 HE MAS IN FOR A BIG SURPRISE.,?
UP/ STICK TO
X THINK
'
DONE RIGHT AWAY INSTEAD
YOU HAVE WHA OF COMING
IT TAKES/ HERE/

"AFTER PRACTICE THAT EVENING, MEYER TOOK "GEORGE WORKED /

MlKAN ASIDE FOR WHAT WAS TO PROVE ONE THREE HOURS A DAY . ...

OF THE MOST IMPORTAN T PEP TALKS IN FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

GEORGE'S CAREER .
*/
r-,F OET,F COACH
. .
ROPE JUMPING,
KEOGAN WAS RIGHT IN ONE RESPECT/ YOU'RE
1

SHADOW BOXING,
BIG AND CLUMSY/ YOU'RE CRUDE / YOU'VE GOT PUSH- UPS, ROAD-
A LOT OF WORK TO DO WORK. SIX WEEKS
BEFORE you CAN CALL PASSED AND GEORGE
YOURSELF A BALL PLAYER / HAD YET TO FEEL A
IT’LL MEAN WORK- BASKETBALL IN
MAN WORK! IT'S THOSE HUGE HANDS...
UP TO YOU 1
 E

DECEMBER 2ND, I94-Z GEORGE PLAYED IN HIS ;

' t
' a
AT LAST, WHEW/ MY FIRST COLLEGE GAME AGAINST THE NAVY P/SfiR,
GEORGE'S ARMS ARE A SERVICE TEAM. M/KAN SCORED TEN POINTS 5 -

PRELIMINARY TIRED, COACH.'

WORK WAS CAN'T I STOP
E/N/SHED. NOW
MEYER
THEN HAD
HIM
PRACTICE
SET SHOTS.
/T WAS FUN
AT F/RSE,
BUT AFTER
SHOOT/NG
EVERY
EVEN/QG —
UP TO 500
T/MES EACH-
W/TH THE
R/GHT
AND
LEFT
HAND..”

m
OEPAtrtfS BESPECTACLED G/AHT SWISHED 2I7 7
"RAY MEVER POINTS THROUGH THE HOOPS DURING THE '42- kf 5
HAD ADVISED SEASON, AND LED HIS MATES TO AN !8-4 SEAS? 0"
HIS BIG .AND A BID TO THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE
CENTER ATHLET/C ASSOCIATION TOURNEY IN NEW YORK.'-
TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE
OF HIS HEIGHT,
IA//TH/N
THE /rules
AT ALL
T/MES .
AS A
RESULT,
GEORGE
WAS ABLE
TO ' TEND
GOAL v BY
LEAPING
WTO THE
AIR AND
j&zy&i. q
THE ENEMY
m
'

SHOTS BEFORE
THEY COULD
SINK WTO
THE &ET..J
"PEPAtTL BREEZED THROUGH DARTMOUTH AS MlKAN "ALTHOUGH GEORGE HAD COME A .LONG WA'r?/-
KNOCKED AT LEAST /5 INDIAN SHOTS OUT OF SINCE THAT DAY AT SOUTH BEND, THERE
“ WAL*
THE HOOPS IN A BRILLIANT DEFENSIVE EXHIBITION. MUCH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. ..
BUT DEPAtn WAS ELIMINATED WHEN
." THEY
FELL
BEFORE MIGHTY GEORGETOWN. /VO/ A/O' YOU’RE GRABBING
THE BALL/ PUSH IT ALONG, GENTLY/
DON'T CRUSH IT N THOSE BIG
/

HAMS/
 -

ONE YEAR, A NATIONAL POWER * AN ELBOW SENT M/KAN'S GLASSES CRASH

"A NONENTITY JNG TO THE FLOOR AND GEORGE FOLLOWED.
THE NEXT, DEPAUL NOW FACED THE BEST
TEAMS IN THE NATION. DURING THE '43- '4-4 HE WAS CUT AND SHAKEN RAY PLEADED WITH
.

SEASON RAY MEYER'S TEAM LOCKED HORNS HIM TO STAY OUT BUT..."
. ,

WITH WESTERN KENTUCKY. A FURIOUS

SCRIMMAGE UNDER THE BASKET, AND..."

" AMKAN FINISHED THE GAME, DISPLAYING THE " WEARING SPECIALLY DESIGNED UNBREAK-
SPIRIT THAT SPURRED THE DEPAUL P/YE ON ABLE SPECTACLES GEORGE TOOK HIS .

TO A 2.4- -E RECORD AND A NATIONAL INVITA- PERSONAL SEASON SCORING RECORD OF

TIONAL TOURNAMENT B/D AT THE SEASON'S 486 POINTS INTO MADISON SQUARE
CLOSE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GAME GEORGES GARDEN FOR THE N/T. THE DEPAUL FIVE
BADLY LACERATED FACE RECEIVED SIX STITCHES..: FOUGHT ITS WAY TO THE FINALS WN£RE
ST.JOHNS FINALLY STOPPED THEM ..."
Ml KAN IS A \ YEAH/ BUT HE'LL BE STRICTLY
MUCH IMPROVED \ ON HIS. OWN ; SEASONS
BALLPLAYER / BUT THE RULES COMMITTEE JUST
HE SPENDS TOO / PASSED A REGULATION PROHIBIT-
MUCH TIME
GOAL
y ING INTERFERENCE WITH THE BALL
rillb ONCE IT STARTS
.

* DURINGTHE '44- '4S SEASON "THE NEXT EVENING BEFORE A

"GEORGE KEPT /N CRUCIAL GAME WITH RHODE
SHAPE BETWEEN GEORGE SCORED 429 POINTS AND
SEASONS BY LED DEPAUL TO ANOTHER NIT BID ISLAND STATE/ GEORGE WAS
IH NEW YORK. WHEN HE SCORED 33 APPROACHED BY TWO
PITCHING
BASEBALL POINTS IN THE DEPAUL ROUT OF STRANGERS ..."
FOR A MIGHTY WEST VIRGINIA IN THE
LOCAL QUARTER FINALS, MlRAN WAS FRONT
AMATEUR PAGE NEWS... "
TEAM.

* THECHICAGO CUBS WERE

INTERESTED IN M/KAN WHEN
HE PITCHED A 3-0 NO -
HITTER ONE AFTERNOON,
BUT GEORGE DECIDED TO
STICK WITH RAY MEYER
AND THE BOYS 4

(/
"THE MORE GEORGE THOUGHT OF THE GAMBLERS "BOWLING GREEN TUMBLED BEFORE DEPAUL ,

PROPOSITION THE MORE INFURIATED HE BECAME. AS GEORGE RANG UP 34- POINTS DEPAUL HAD .

GEORGE WENT ON A RAMPAGE THAT N/GHT. HE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT
SANK 53 POINTS TO LEAD HIS TEAM TO A 97-53 GEORGE'S CROWN/NG MOMENT WAS VET TO
MASSACRE OF THE POWERFUL RHODE ISLAND COME .

QU/NTET. THANK YOU, SIR'

...AND AS Z
\
ACCEPT THIS TROPHY
.

THE MOST VALUABLE

PLAYER IN THE NATIONAL \ ON BEHALF OF MY
INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT ) COACH AND TEAM-
YOU RICHLY DESERVE S
MATES WITHOUT
THIS TROPHY/ TvVHOSE COOPERATION
‘

CONGRATULATIONS, ] X COULD NEVER HAVE

MR. MIKAN ' WON THIS
AWARD/

"THE HIGHLIGHT
OF THE SEASON
WAS A VICTORY
OVER NOTRE
DAME. DEPAUL
THEN DEFEA TED
LIU. 75-5/,
BUT MUCH TO
EVERYONE'S
SURPRISE THEY
WERE NOT
INVITED BACK
TO DEFEND THEIR
TITLE IN THE
NIT.FEW TEAMS
COULO.MATCH
THEIR 19-5
RECORD FOR
fftfflv:
GEORGE'S LAST
ONE FOR ~
DEPAUL .

*!N MARCH
GEORGE
•4-6
STARTED
"//VRe DEWING H/5 PRO
GEORGE'S CAREER
COLLEGE WITH THE
CAREER CHICAGO
MOST PEOPLE GEARS AT
POINT TO HIS AN ESTIMATED
RECORD OP SI 2,000 PER
1,869 POINTS SEASON.
POR A 19- TODAY,
PLUS AVERAGE WITH THE
/N 9Q GAMES MINNEAPOLIS
CQ!WON- - 17 LAKERS, HE
LOST ) IS STILL
BUT GEORGE CONSIDERED
IS DOST AS
PROUD OF AMONG THE
HIGHEST PAID
THE 6 AVERAGE HOOPSTERS IN
HE MAINTAINED THE GAME.
WHILE GEORGE M/KAN,
EARNING THE LAWYER
HIS LAN WHO EARNS HIS
DEGREE ..." KEEP ON THE
HARDWOOD COURT,
/S INDEED, AAR.
BASKETBALL ..
 Bill Srsmrs Sports Surprise

In 1922 THE SCOURGE OF THE RING WAS A TWO-FISTED DEMON

KNOWN AS HARRY GRSS, TH£ PITTSBURGH bVINOMILU
THUDDING FISTS OF THIS HAD STRUCK FEAR
HUMAN DYNAMO
FIGHTERS IN EVERY CLASS FROM THE AUDPLEWEIGHTS UP. AT THE
OUTSTANDING HEAVY-
A^P of 28 AND WEIGHING BUT 160 POUNDS, HE HAD LICKED SUCH
WHO LATER HELD
WEIGHT CONTENDERS AS GUNBOAT SMITH AND TOMMY GIBBONS, NOT BLANCH AT THE
OEAAPSEY FOR 15 ROUNDS. BUT THERE WAS ONE FIGHTER
WHO DID
PROSPECT OF FACING GRE5. THIS WAS GENE Ti/A/A/EY, THE Z4-yEAR-OLP L.GHT-
•

TITLE. TUNNEY
hPAVYWEIGHT CHAMP. THE BOYS WERE SIGNED TO MEET FOR GENES 5
xiqppd the SCALES AT 174 Yz TO GREB’S 162. V4. OUR STORY OPENS IN TUNNEY
DRESSING ROOM AT THE OLD MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NEW YORK CITY OH THE NIGHT

OZZZ55J

*/&few moments later the mo gladiators

OKAY, GENE/ BUT JU5T BECAUSE STOOP M THE RI/HG BEFORE" A PACKED HOUSE OF
YOU’RE AN 8-5 FAVORITE, /
WE OON'T WANT 15,000 ROAR/NG FANS.
DON'T TAKE THIS GUY TOO , TO KEEP GREB
LIGHTLY/ HE'S A GIANT- WAITING / rpr
EMBER, GENE/ KEEP THAT LEFT
KILLER/ WATCH YOURSELF/ >|NG INTO HIS FACE/ LOOK FOR A
^ TO DRIVE THAT RIGHT HAND/
ALL RIGHT. good luck/
CHAMP/ YOU'F
ON/

I
 - "

*ffH£RANGY EX-MARINE, WHO TOWERED ALMOST FIVE . GREB MERELY BRUSHED ASIDE THE ANNOYING
INCHES ABOVE HIS OPPONENT, MET THE CHARGING GLOVE AND SLAMMED HOME A LEFT AND RIGHT
GREB HALFWAY WITH A DART/NG LEFT JAB. " . . TO THE CHAMP'S HEAD. ALL OF H/S 162 POUNDS
OF POWER AND FURY WENT INTO HIS 8LOWS . .
.

U6H'\

"HARM POUNCED ON THE STARTLED YOUNG

CHAMPION WITH A SUDDEN FLURRY OF BLOWS THAT
OROVE TUNNEY ACROSS THE RING ..." SAVE VOUR. BREATH ,

I- I'VE NEVER SEEN A GENE i YOU'VE GOT

FIGHTER LIKE HIM/ HE'S I A LONG WAV TO GO,
ALL ARMS l I CAN'T SEEM A LOAtG WAY.'
TO WARP HIM OFF, DOC.'

'I NH/LE IN GREB'S CORNER.

YA GOT »IM, HARRY.' GOT' Chi A

KEEP ON TOP OF CHIEF/ THREE ROUNDS* GREB'S
HIM / DON'T LET A LEFT HOOK PAINTED
.

7 M BOX/ r~T*Ck ViCRIMSON MASK OVER

fUNNEY'S pAOErcA'-
 "MIDWAY IN ROUND NINE, THE CROWD GREW
COME ON, YOU 8/G SUDDENLY STILL AS R'EFEREE KID
BUM / GREB /S HALF
'

McPARTLAND STEPPED BETWEEN THE

YOUR SIZE --DO < F/GHTERS, AND..." r
SOMETHING / r—'i-
IF THIS EYE GETS ANY
NORSE I I'M GONNA
HAVE TO STOP IT/ s

"But nine years of ring lore, and the

EXPERIENCE GAINED FROM MORE THAN 200
F/GHTS, STOOD GREB IN GOOD STEAD.
HE QUICKLY TIED UP THE WEAKENED CHAMP'S
"On THE FEAR OF
LOSING BY A —
POWERFUL RIGHT * . . . | V—\
THAT'S A OR EAT V
1
1

TECHNICAL KNOCK- TRY, CHAMP, BUT THIS IS OL' HARRY '

OUT, THE BATTERED GREB'S NIGHT/ WATCH MY SMOKE IN /J

YOUTH DREW UPON -r THE NEXT ROUND/ rr.r ti U'
SOME H/DDEN
STOREHOUSE OF
ENERGY AND
SUDDENLY UN-
LEASHED A FURIOUS
ATTACK OF RIGHT-
HAND SMASHES TO
GREB'S BODY..."
 j

"AS THE BATTERED GLAD/ATOR STAGGERED TO

WHAT'S KEEPING I PON'T KNOW, BUT HE'S GOT HIS CORNER AT THE END OF ROUND IF, DOC
TUNNEV UP? HE'S PLENTY OF MOXIE TO STAND 8AS LEY, THE CHAMP'S MANAGER STEPPED FOR-
TAKEN ENOUGH UP TO GREB AND TAKE ALL WARD, AND
TO FELL AN OX / THAT PUNISHMENT/ WOWf HO, OOC, NO / X
WHAT A MESS J
,

_ SIT DOWN, GENE. HAVEN'T COME THIS FAR

THAT'S ALL/ I'M TO QU/T / GET AAE
TOSSING IN THE READY FOR THE LAST <
TOWEL/ T
_^ ROUND/ 1

•'GREB RENEWED HIS ATTACK WITH VIGOR /N THE /OTH

ROUND. A WHISTLING RIGHT SMASHED THE BRIDGE
OF THE CHAMP'S NOSE. ROUNDS //, !2, !3 AND /4 WERE
SESSIONS OF AGONY FOR TUNNEY AS GREB ALL BUT
BEAT H/M TO THE CANVAS "At LAST /r WAS OVER. TUNNEY l/mped to his
CORNER, HIS DREAMS SHATTERED. HE FOUGHT
"GREB SHOWED NO 8ACK THE TEARS AS HE LISTENED" TO RING
MERCY /N THE LAST ANNOUNCER JOE HUMPHREYS . . ,

ROUND/"
WINNER anp new UGHT- HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION-
HARRY GRBBi

I'LL MAKE
THEM EAT ^ENE \
»
"&ATER, IN THE EX-CHAMP'S DRESSING-ROOM . THEIR WORPS,
TUNNEY
DOC/ GET JACK PEMPSEY
TUNNEY HAP EVERYTHING YEAH/ TUNNEY ME GREB
ON feREB / YOUTH-- HEIGHT- IS THROUGH / AGAIN/ X "After suffering one of the worst
WEIGHT, AND COULDN'T BEAT HE'LL NEVER LEARNED A BEATINGS IN THE ANNALS OF THE RING, A
HIM/ I USED TO< RECOVER LOT THERE
IN BEATING THAT. MIGHT HAVE SENT A LESS-
THINK THIS KID HAD SOMETHING/ FROM THE TONIGHT/ I ER MAN INTO RETIREMENT. TUNNEY
TOO BAD--- BEATING CAN BEAT PROVED HIS METTLE BY STORM/NG BACK
HARRY GAVE GREB AND TO SCALE THE HEIGHTS. HE AVENGED
HIM/ M ANYONE ELSE THIS DEFEAT- HIS ONLY ONE /N A LONG
...YOU'LL CAREER - WITH TWO VICTORIES OVER
.

SEE... J GREB THEN HE KNOCKED OUT GEORGES

.

CARPENT/ER OF FRANCE AND TOMMY

GIBBONS, AND WENT ON TO PROVE H/S
CONTENTION THAT HE COULD LICK ANY
MAN IN THE WORLD BY TWICE BEATING
JACK DBMPSey FOR THE HEAVY-
WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD.
IN 1928 TUNNEY RETIRED FROM THE
RING - THE ONLY UNDEFEATED CHAMPION
IN BOXING'S HISTORY. TODAY, HE IS A
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN. *
GTEANGELY, fT WAG BEING A "LITTLE GIGTER" finally, when gonja WAG S/tf.,,
THAT FIZEP GONUA'E, AMBITION , , r
HV CAN'T I HAVE
KATE& LIKE LEIF
MAMA 3
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T was a warm summer day in 1933 The finest was determined to dispel any doubts, and to do
cc

I high school sprinters' in the nation lined up for it as quickly as possible. People really began to
n<
at
the start of the 100-yard dash. The official sit up and take notice when this Ohio State fresh-
O'
starter raised his gun, and paused momentarily as man set a new world mark of 25 feet 3 Vi inches in
tl
he looked over this array of athletes who had come the running broad jump. Let them laugh that one
to compete in the National Interscholastic Cham- off.
pionships at the University of Chicago. n
The Owens opened his outdoor
following season
“On your marks
Maze
—get set”— BAM!
flashing spikes and
They were campaign by becoming the first human being ever
si

y
off in a of flying cinders. to jump 26 feet when he exceeded that mark by si
At they were bunched closely. Then at the
first 1 / inches. There was no stopping the Ohio flash tl
fifty-foot mark a slender Negro boy, wearing the now. •
t<
colors of Hast Technical High School of Cleveland,
Records ell like tenpins before Owens. He a
Ohio, burst into the lead as if propelled by a t

racked up victory after victory in the dashes, a

cannon. His thin legs ate up the cinder track with
broad jump and low hurdles. In spectacular fashion if
the grace of a gazelle. The rest of the field was
the Cleveland- youngster swept to triumphs in C
left hopelessly behind. As his boyish chest broke
the Wisconsin, Northwestern, Chicago and Big
the rape across thd finish line the official timers
clicked their watches and blinked their eyes.
Ten Championships. In 1935 the entire world was
singing his praises after his prodigious victory in
There was a hurried consulation. They checked tjie Big Ten Championhips at Ann Arbor, Michi- h
their watches, shook their heads in disbelief.Bur gan. He was .a one-man track team. Typical of the a

their highly accurate timepieces

checked perfectly. press reports on his accomplishments is this ex- h
They didn’t lie. The crowd buzzed with curiosity cerpt:
over the delay. Then it came, and the low buzz
turned into a roar of acclaim as the announcer’s “. j. . Briefly, what Owens has done in the past j

voice sang out: “Time for the 100-yard dash, 09.4 fortnight is this: Twice equalled Frank Wyckoff’s 1

seconds, a new American record, by Jesse Owens, world record of 09.4 for the 100-yard dash (a feat
East Technical High, Cleveland. Ohio.” he had already accomplished in high school);
shattered all listed standards for the 220-yard dash 1
When they lined up for the 220-yard dash, slim with a 20.3, and leaped farther than any other
Jesse was among the starters. There was no one human being has or could hope to, with a broad
close to him at the finish. Once again the officials jump of 26 feet S% inches. What next?”
went into conference. Lightning had strufrk twice.
Young Owens had shattered another mark and had Jesse Owens was the toast of the nation. Despite
set a new American record of 20.7 seconds. his amazing deeds, and the adulation to which he

But Jesse was just beginning. A few minutes

was subjected', Jesse remained a regular guy —
guy whose hat still fit.
later he had officials checking their tape measures
as lie shattered the running broad jump mark and The following year — 1936 —was an Olympic
set anew standard of 24 feet 1 1 14 inches. Jesse year. Jesse made the team with ease. The Olympics
Owens’ unprecedented triple record-shattering vic- meant a great deal to the Negro lad, and to his
tory set the track and field world back on its heels. people, for the traditional contests were to be held
Never had a schoolboy run so fast or jumped so in' Berlin, Germany. The Berlin of the pre-war
far. years. 4

Owens’ performance that afternoon was only Adolph Hitler, almost at the height of his power
the forerunner of things to come. Jesse matriculated in that year, was preaching the gospel of Nordic
at Ohio State. His primary aim was to better his racial superiority to his fanatical followers. He had
status in life through a good education. But he made 'vitriolic comments on the decadent Ameri-
still found plenty of tipie to devote to his first cans and democracy. He had
their ridiculous
love — track. ridiculed the American Olympic team and had
Bans around the country received word of made pointed remarks qbout its Negro members.
Jesse’s scholastic track triumph with some skep- Hadn’t Max Schmeling, the pride of Germany’s
ticism. It just didn’t seem possible. “Must have’ heavyweight boxers, just knocked out Joe Louis?
had a strong wind at his back,’’ was the typical Didn’t this prove that the Nazis we[e a master
comment. Jesse’s pride had been deeply hurt. He race, far superior to any American or any Negro?
 Owens’ awards from Adolph Hitler himself.
A smile of satisfaction crossed Jesse
face as lie
qualified for the trip to Berlin. He had The following day Jesse added further to the
persona! score to settle with Herr Hitler. Nazi’s embarrassment bv-rimning a leg on the 400-
a
which Jesse had long been waiting meter relay team. He and his team-mates, Ralph
The day for
Metcalfe, also a Negro, Draper and Wyckoff
finally arrived. It was not
an ideal day for running.
drummed out a dazzling 39.8 to set a new world
The sky was dark and ominous. A
slight drizzle
the stadium and Olympic mark.
began to fall. The air was cool. Still
with 110,000 frenzied Nazis who had Herr Hitler could stand it no longer Before the
was packed
day’s activities came to a close he had sneaked
come to see the Nordic warriors turn back
the
0 non-Aryan hordes. What a bitter blow they were out a back entrance and driven away from the
stadium.
about to receive. Jesse Owens was destined
0 to
* overshadow any previous individual performance Jesse Owens received no acclaim from the
n
the world had ever seen. German people or their nominal head. But this
e
for the start of the 100-meter story has a strange climax.
As they lined up
the immense Fifteen years later, more than 70,000 Germans
run, Jesse glanced quickly around
r stadium for a glimpse of Der Fuehrer. He had not of West Berlin jammed their way into Olympic
r yet arrived. No matter. Jesse Stadium to cheer and whistle
and was off with for an all-Negro basketball team
y steeled himself
1 the gun. No one ever came close known as the Harlem Globe
him. Jesse Owens flashed Trotters. Just before High Com-
to
across the finish line, sailing free missioner John J. McCloy threw
e
and going away. The announce- out the ball to open the game, a
’
ment of the time was made in helicopter came whirring over
1
German. It was met with silence, the stadium. It hovered over-
then a- polite spattering of ap- head for a 'moment, and then .

y
3
plause. Jesse was disappointed. made a landing in the center of
This meant his time couldn’t the hushed stadium The door
J
have been anything special. But opened and out strode Jesse
*
as he neared the team bench,
Owens, clad in track shorts and
“
head lowered, his team-mates spikes —
looking just as he did
rushed over and pounded him that day in 1936.
on the back. Jesse Owens had Jesse stepped to a microphone
t just set a new Olympic record, and spoke to this new generation
s 10.3 seconds. .The crowd wasn’t of Germans. He spoke to them
c as enthusiastic, however. Wait
\
of the advantages of life in a
; ’til the next race. It couldn’t democratic world, the need for
> happen again, peace and good will among man-
r Then, a sudden roar. from the crowd. Drums kind. Never before had anyone spoken with such
1 rolled and the cry of, “Sieg heil!” thundered sincerity. When he finished there was a moment
through the stadium. Herr Hitler had arrived; too of silence and then the children of those who had
late to see Owens’ victory, but Dcr Fuehrer was scorned Jesse filled the air with wild acclaim: “Run,
|
to have another chance. Jesse was entered in the Jesse, run!” they cried.
200-meter run. Slowly, deliberately, the great champion stepped
Jesse’s spikes ate up the cinders as he pounded onto the cinder track and jogged around the great
1

arovlnd the track kicking his heels in the face of his oval. When the “Buckeye Bullet” reached- the end
competitors. Never had he run so hard. Never had of the track, and headed for the dressing room,
he run so fast. Jesse could feel it deep within him- there wasn’t a dry eye in the stadium. But the most
self. He didn’t have to wait for the announcement thrilling moment was yet to come. „
I to know that he had shattered another mark. The Mayor Schrieber of West Berlin, approached
officialtime showed 20.7 seconds, a new world and Jesse. He raised his hand to silence the crowd.
Olympic mark. Then, in a quivering, sincere voice, that all eoujd
Jesse was tired from his supreme effort in the hear, he spoke:
dashes but was determined to chalk up one more “In 1936, Hitler refused to shake your hand.
win for the day. His specialty was coming up. The Mr. Owens, I offer you both of mine!”
j

running broad jump.

At last a hero had received his just reward, for
Here was an event Owens could win in his sleep surely this is what Jesse had been fighting for
with one hand tied behind his back. Despite his never forget those
all his life. The sports world will
fatigue, Jesse leaped’26 feet 5 5/16 inches to set
momentous days of 1936, but to Jesse Owens the
a n<?w Olympic mark in that event.
great moment did not come until fifteen years later.}
That night a tired but happy Jesse Owens dozed
off, thinking of the crowning satisfaction that '

would be his, when he stood up to receive the THE END

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pOR MORE THAN 5,000 YEARS, THE SPORT OF WRESTLING- HAS

FLOURISHED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. BUT NEVER. HAS IT
ENJOYED AS MUCH POPULARITY AS IT POES TODAY. NEVER

HAS IT HAP SO MANY SPECTATORS, FOR. ONE TURN OF A PJAL

BRINGS THE MAT MASTOPONS INTO THE FANS' HOME5-
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE ANCIENT SPORT AND ITS
EVOLUTION. THIS IS THE STORY OF...

Wrestling was first

INTRODUCED TO AMERICA
/N COLONIAL TIMES, WHEN
A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE
VERSION WAS EXTREMELY
POPULAR AMONG ALL BRAVO/ IT GOOD GOINS, THE WINNEk \ BRAVO,
CLASSES.,. LOOKS LIKE OLD MAN/ J
AND NEW
A PIN/ c-pi CHAMPION OF J
VIRGINIA, <L,
GEORGE HURRAH!
WASHINGTON}
 1

V/HEN OUR NATION WAS PLUNGED INTO A WAR

'The BETWEEN THE STATES, THE UNION ARMY
ROUGH FOUND WRESTLING A PRIME DIVERSION . .

SPORT OP
WRESTLING
BECAME
POPULAR
AMONG THE
P/ONEERS
OP THE NEW
NAT/ON
WHICH WAS
EXPANDING
WESTWARD.
THEN, IN
THE 1850'S.
A VOUNG
G/ANT
WAS
GAINING A
DOUBLE
REPUTATION
IN THE
SPRAWLING
MIDWEST...

TFhE RUSSIAN
LION WAS GOOD -
FOR LATER
THAT YEAR HE
WRESTLED THE
CROWN FROM
UENK/NS IN
TWO QUICK FALLS.
STANDING S'lO 7
THE LION
WEIGHED 22S
POUNDS. AND
WAS AMONG
THE MOST
AGILE OF
ALL CHAMPIONS .

HACK COULD
SPEAK SEVEN
LANGUAGES
FLUENTLY AND
WAS A GENTLE-
MAN /N AND
OUT OF THE RING.
 ! . .

COTCH ROSE RAPIDLY. THE NEXT THREE YEARS SAW HIM For two hours neither man could
? DEFEAT all comers, and so, it was inevitable that GAIN AN ADVANTAGE .

BOTCH FOREMOST EXPONENT CP THE AMERICAN CATCH-

,

AS- CATCH -CAN STYLE C ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE IN WHICH

,

HOLDS MAY BE SECURED EITHER IN STANDING OR PRONE

POSITION ) AND HACKENS CHMIDT, UNDEFEATED MASTER
OF THE GRECO-ROMAN C EUROPEAN STYLE , IN WHICH ONLY
STANDING HOLDS ARE PERMITTED ) SHOULD MEET. SO, IN
IffiOB IN DEXTER PARK CHICAGO
,
1
WHO YA KlDDlN'-
I TELL YA, GOTCH HACK IS TOO FAST AND TOO
WILL TWIST THIS GUY'S SMART FOR THE FARMBOY
LEG OFF

T HEN, IN A
LIGHTNING-LIKE
MOVE, GOTCH
SNATCHED THE
LION'S LEGS
FROM UNDER H/M
AND APPLIED
HIS DEADLY
TOE HOLD.
HACKENSCHM/DT
SUFFERED HlS
P/RST DEFEAT-
AND
GOTCH
WAS
WORLD'S
CHAMPION!

VANIA

THIS DUMMY HEAD I'VE CONSTRUCTED

/ CONTAINS GOSH BOB /
,
IF YOU TAKE
f POWERFUL SPRINGS AND UP THOSE PRO WRESTLING
COILS REPRESENTING AREAS OF ^ OFFERS YOU'LL BE
Meanwhile. 0 THE NERVOUS SYSTEM! BY APPLYING . CHAMP SOME DAY/-
R06ERT PRESSURE TO CERTAIN AREAS I l

FREDERICKS CAN PRODUCE DIFFERENT

A YOUNG . INCAPACITATING EFFECTS t JlffF
KENTUCKY
UNIVERSITY
UNDER -
GRADUATE
AND FOUR-
LETTER MAN,
had been
WORKING
ON AN
INTERESTING
PROJECT...
'/OUHG FREDERICKS D/D ENTER THE RtNo. HE A NO SO, ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER rz. 1920
ASSUMED THE MAT NAME OF EO "STRANGLER." /N CHICAGO, LEWS MET AND DEFEATED JOE
LEWIS, AND W/TH H/S DEADLY HEAOLOCK STRUCK STECHER FOR THE WORLD T/TlE ...

TERROR /NTO THE HEARTS OF WRESTLERS EVERY-

WHERE. W/TH/N A FEW YEARS...
WHAT * ME WRE5TLE STRANGLER
LEWIS? LOOK. MISTER, I AIM TO
STAY HEALTHY/ GET JOE STECHER
FOR HI/

Although wrestl/ng YEAH / HERE, HAVE ANOTHER

ATTRACTED LARGE PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH,
CROWDS THE PERFORMANCES
WERE OFTEN DULL. EYEN ALJ WE MAY BE HERE
THOUGH EXPERTLY AND ^ PRETTY LATE/ 1
SC/ENT/F/CALLY
EXECUTED, SOME
MATCHES LASTED
FOR HOURS ...

Inasmuch as there
WERE ONLY ABOUT
5 S' ACTIVE WRESTLERS
DURING THIS F>ERtCp,
AND A LIMITED
NUMBER OF ARENAS,
FANS WOULD FLOCK
TO THE AUDITORIUM
WHENEVER LEWIS,
EARL CAPDOCK
OR ANY OTHER
TOPFLIGHT PERFORMER
WOULD APPEAR...
 , , ' ,

&UT LET
US GO BACK
FOE AWHILE
TO 1910
MEN A YOUNG
GREEK
IMMIGRANT
CAME TO
NEW YORK
AND JOINED
A VAUDEVILLE
ACT AS
STRONG A1AN
HIS NAME
WAS
JIM LONDOS.
HISAMAZING
FEATS OF
STRENGTH
ATTRACTED
WIDESPREAD
ATTENTION.
ONE NIGHT
IN 19/S...

After a two-year training period j/m londos went '

ON TO DEFEAT STECHER AND CADDOCK AND EARNED

THE NAME OF " THE GOLDEN GREEK." THE FANS
TURNED OUT /N DROVES TO SEE TH/S STRONG (L ONDOS

HANDSOME LAD DEFEAT THE BEST IN THE GAME --ALL, WENT ON

THAT IS , EXCEPT STRANGLER LEWIS... TO DEFEAT
DICK
THAT MAKES SIX SH/KAT,
CONSECUTIVE JIM
MATCHES THAT \BROWN/NG
LEWIS HAS ED DON
BEATEN LONDOS GEORGE
AND
EVERY
BIG NAME
IN THE
GAME. BUT
AFTER
OURTEEN
TRIES HE
ST/LL
COULD NOT
PIN LEWIS.

NEVER IN THE HISTORY

OF WRESTLING HAVE SO
MANY PEOPLE PAID SO
MUCH TO SEE A MATCH., LONDOS
WAS NOT
TO BE
DENIED
THIS
NIGHT
AND HIS
LONG '

QUEST
FOR THE
TITLE
ENDED IN
VICTORY
AS THE
FADING
"STRANGLER
WENT
DOWN TO
DEFEAT
AT LAST'
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GOOD WRESTLERS
BECAME SCARCE THE CROWDS SOON GREW
Among the f/rst of the n showmen " to struj
. his stuff was dan o'ma honey, an import i

TIRED OF THE SAME FACES. THEY WANTED FROM IRELAND. H/STR/SH WH/P HOLD " SENT TUP
ACTION. AND THE PROMOTERS DECIDED TO GIVE FANS SCREAMING HE DEFEATED LONDOS /N3g
.

/T TO THEM.... AND IN /£4 MATCHES THAT YEAR DREW 3/0,000

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CUSTOMERS WHO PAID &!, 882 , 000.

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we've got to
DRESS UP THE
GME ! GIVE
THEM THE
UNUSUAL I

ALI WAS A NATURAL FOR AMERICAN FANS

HERE WAS SOMETHING NEW/
Imported from
KURDISTAN, TURKE>.
THAT SAME YEAR.
WAS THE
ORIGINAL
MR. FIVE BY FIVE-
AU BABA.
HE TIPPED
THE SCALES,
AT 2/0 POUNDS,
AND WAS FIVE
FEET, FIVE
INCHES TALL.
AL/ BABA'S
SPECIAL
SKILL IN
KURDISTAN Mi
WRESTLING
BEARS..,

Attendance
picked UP
SUGBTLY.
WRESTLERS
BECAME
ACTORS
AND THE
FANS LIKED
rHE NOVELTY.
THEN IN
'937, FROM
FRANCE,
CAME ONE
OF
MATDOM'S
, GREATEST
ATTRAC-
TIONS ...
YiAURtCE \
_
Titter, v*
THE
FRENCH
ANGEL .
 HEX/ you GOING YEAH, Z ...H& WASN'T JOKING, FOX TVFFY TRUSSDALE
TO THE MATCHES
)
I UNDERSTAND MADS A SMALL FORTHNS WRESTLING A UVE ,

TO NIGHT? THEY GOT SOME ALLIGATOR . .

The panic GUY RASSLIN

NAS ON. AN ALLIGATOR/
SHOWMEN OF
EVERY.
DESCRIPTION
PILLED THE
WRESTLING
ARENAS. THE
WAR YEARS
BROUGHT
THEM OUT IN
FULL FORCE.
AS ENTERTAIN-
'MENT-HUNGRY
WAR-WORKERS
,
FLOCKED TO
THE
..arenas...

Enterprising promoters, such TWENTY MINUTES LATER.

AS JACK PFEFFER, CREATED MANY OLAF, YOU LOOK I GOOD/ WONDERFUL'
NEW NOVELTIES FOR THE FANS. TOO NATURAL / NOW MAKE AN UGLy FACE!
ONE DAY PFEFFER CORNERED
WRESTLER OLAF
WE'VE GOT TO
MAKE SOME
THAT'S m YOU ARE NOW
THE SWEDISH
swenson. .
CHANGES/ BEND
OVER SO I
MM ANGEL / m*
P7 CAN CUT
11 yOUR HAIR/

SO SUCCESSFUL WAS THIS TRANSFORMATION

THAT PFEFFER SIMILARLY CREATED THE SUPER
SWEDISH AND THE COLORADOj/N£ELS, AMONG
;

J
 , .

After world war jt television came /nto /ts

OWN AND CREATED MILLIONS OF NEW FANS. MORE
WRESTLERS WERE NEEDED TO SATISFY THE
UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND. AMONG THOSE WHO While
ENTERED THE SPORT WERE FORMER HEAVY- CARNERA
WEIGHT BOX/NG CHAMP PR/MO ‘CARNERA AND PLAYED THE
CONTENDER TONY GALENTO . . .

PART OF THE
HERO, GALENTO
maintained
HIS VILLAINOUS
POSE. HE
WRESTLED
AN OCTOPUS
/N SEATTLE,
BOXED A
KANGAROO IN
ATLANTIC
'

CITY AND
WRESTLED
TEDDY, A
5SO-POUNO
BOXING
BEAR . .

ANTON/NO ROCCA. THE BAREFOOTED SOUTH

AMERICAN, CAPTURED THE FANCY OF FANS
EVERYWHERE WITH HIS AMAZ/N& acrobatic
FEATS, HIS "FLY/NG DROPKICK " AND "BACK- Gene stanlee
BREAKER" HAVE 5TUNNED MANY OPPONENTS ... C MR. AMERICA)
WAS
RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE
GREAT
ATTRACTION
OF WOMEN
TO WRESTLING.
A HANDSOME,
MAGNIFICENTLY
PROPORTIONED
APOLLO,
HE PUT
GLAMOUR
BACK
/NTO
WRESTLING. .

Two OF THE Gorgeous

OUTSTANDING GEORGE
CLAIMANTS TO ms PERHAPS
THE NON- THE MOST
EXISTENT TITLE PUBLICIZED OP
ARE FRANK ALL WRESTLERS.
SEXTON HIS NOVEL
FORMER OHIO APPROACH,
STATE GR/DMAN, GLAMOROUS
AND YOUNG ROBES, MARCELLEO\
DON EAGLE, HA/R AND
A FULL-BLOODED SANITARY !

MOHAWK /ND/AN, STANDARDS j

WHOSE " INDIAN EARNED HIM

DEATHLOCK" MORE THAN
GRIP IS THE jt/OO. OOO A
RAGE OF MAT . YEAR HIS.

CIRCLES. STAR HO
IN !9SO LONGER
EAGLE BURNS BRIGHT,
DEFEATED BUT IT HAS
SEXTON //V LEFT ITS
CLEVELAND, MARK ... ^
OHIO ...
 One of the favorite forms ofwrestling
today /S TAG-TEAM WRESTLING in which two
WRESTLERS WORN ASA TEAM £ND ALTERNAT^
UNT/L ONE TEAM OR THE OTHcR IS ELIMINATED.
FOREMOST EXPONENTS OF THIS AR^ ARE THE
DUSEK GAR!SARD/ AND ZAHAR!AS FAMILIES.
,
. .

CROP IS
VERN
GAGNE,
1948
OLYMPIC
WRESTLING
CHAMP,
WHO IS
BRINGING
BACK
SPEED
AND
SCIENCE
TO THE
% SPORT...

Ji RAPIDLY INCREASING PHASE OF WRESTLING,

. .AND you CAN TELL YOUR + *due to television and the oemands
MADE BY/TS VIEWERS, IS LADY WRESTLING /
.

READERS THIS. NOBODY EVER

Wrestling HAS TO THROW A BENEFIT FOR BARRED PROM APPEARING /N MANY STATES,
A WRESTLER / THE BOYS ARE THE gals can be seen on television —
‘OMPENSA T/ONS WELL PAID AND ARE INTELLIGENT SCREENS ANYWHERE ..
MANY OF FELLOWS WHO KNOW WHAT TO
’HETOP-UNERS DO WITH THEIR /MONEY/
RECEIVE UP
’OS/OO, OOO
PER YEAR / JACK CURLER
OTHERS 'S
pxo*orc.n/
WORKING A
REGULAR
CIRCUIT
PRELIMINARY
MEN
EARN
ABOUT
£ /O', OOO
PER
YEAR.

THE MAT GAME IS NOT THE SOFT TOUCH

MANY THINK. IT IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS.
MILDRED HAS SUSTAINED MANY BROKEN
BONES AND RECENTLY HER DAUGHTER LOST
fioefMOsr HER LIFE IN THE RING.
LADY WRESTLER IS
MtLORBP BURKE
WHO NAS BEEN
undefeated.
< CHAMPION FOR
FIFTEEN YEARS.
k mite TAKES
NOME S 50,000
A ¥EM AND
IS RESPONSIBLE
r FOR THE GREAT
/NTCREST IN
FEMALE. WRESTUN&,
INSIDE THE $
• RING, MILDRED
/S asfough
AS THEN
 . ' '

More dangerous than an opponent is one

OF THE MANY BERSERK FANS A WRESTLER
OFTEN ENCOUNTERS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN
Miracle mah ANGLETON TEXAS, ONE EVENING, AS SONNY
,
OF THE MAT MEYERS WAS TOSSED PROM THE R/NG...
IS ^DANGEROUS
"
DANNY McSHA/N GET THAT DIRTY J GIVE HIM THE WORKS/
WHO /N HIS ’ WRESTLER/ x
CAREER HAS
"SURVIVED THE
‘
FOLLOW/NO
.

/NJURIES :
1

S/X BROKEN
NOSES,
CAULIFLOWER
I EARS, /7
HEAD A NO EYE
STITCHES,
TWO SHOULDER
DISLOCATIONS,
BROKEN CHEST
BONES AND
HANDS, BROKEN
ANKLE AND
BROKEN LEG /
WHEN THEY GOT THROUGH W/TN H/M MEYERS .

REQUIRED 273 ST/TCHE5 , .

A
FTER MARY'S FIRST PERFORMANCE THE
TV STUD/O RECEIVED AN AVALANCHE OF
&THER t MAIL . . . I

** FANS EVERyBODy J
\THAT'S WHAT
HAVE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE FANS
.
TOSSED HAT- PIN MARY/ THEY . WANT- A
WRENCHES THINK SHE'S PART SHOW FIRST
CHAIRS, OF THE SHOW/ T At
AND WRESTLING
BOTTLES
*
AND SHOES
AT BEWILDERED
MATMEN.
BUT MOST
FAMOUS
HECKLER
OF ALL IS
HAT- PIN
,

A FAVORITE
MARK
W/TH TV
AUDIENCES . .

%HERE YOU HAVE

IT. THE MAT
SPORT OF
YESTERDAY AND
TODAY. WRESTLING
HAS BECOME
A SPORT
,

THAT CHANGES
WITH THE WHIMS'
OF THE FANS .

HAS TV DOOMED
WRESTLING AS
A SPORT z HAS i

IT BECOME A
CARNIVAL? '

WHAT IS THE
HI AT GAME'S
FUTURE ?
ONLY TIME
l
WILL TELL /
 .

On 1535 LOU LITTLE'S COLUMBIA LIONS CLAWED THEIR

WAV TO AN ALMOST PERFECT SEASON THEIR ONLY LOSS WAS
.

TO UNDEFEATED PRINCETON, WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE

BILL STERN THE ROSE BOWL BIO. CERTAIN THAT COLUMBIA WOULP NOT BE LOU LITTLE
CONSIDEREO BY MISHTY STANFORP, UNPEFEATEP HOST TEAM OF
THE BOWL, LOU SENT HIS BOVS HOME FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS
VACATIONS. THEN, ONE CO LP WINTER EVENING,, LOU WAS ROUSED
FROM SLEEP BV THE RING OF HIS TELEPHONE ? . .

...VES, I'M AWAKE... BUT

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.' VOU
SURE THEy WANT US TO
PLAY STANFORD IN THE
ROSE BOWL? ...OFCOURSI
WE'LL GO- - THAT IS IF OUI
BOARO OF TRUSTEES
s APPROVES/.

'THE NeXT MORN/NG, AT A SPECIAL

MEETING OP THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
BOARO OF TRUSTEES, CHAIRMAN"
BILL. OONOUAN FACED LITTLE. . .

STANFORD IS RATEP THE TOP

POWERHOUSE IN THE COUNTRY, LOU l
THEY'VE GOT BOB REYNOLDS
AT RIGHT TACKLE, MONK MOSCRIP
AT RIGHT END, BILL COR8US AT
LEFT GUARD, AND BOBBY GRAYSON
AT FULLBACK... EACH ONE AN ALL- £} f£W DAYS LATER .| T didn't CALI
. .

AMERICAN! HOWEVER, i
WITH YOU, MR,
IF YOU THINK — THANKS, MR YOU BOYS BACK FROM Y(KJR THANKSGIVING, WE'RE STANFORD,I

OUR BOYS DONOVAN ' I WANT YOI

J DAY WEEK-END TO GO ON A SCENIC TOUR > LITTLE .'

HAVE A TO KNOW ONE THING, OF CALIFORNIA/ YOU'RE GOING TO WORK i-rhere ive
COME/ J I

CHANCE--
\
GENTLEMEN/ WE'RE NOT
|
SO 7V IT/) TRAVELLING S£0O Mlli
HARDER THAN EVER BEFORE'/ ANO
ANYONE WHO
DOESN'T WANT
j
^
ro, can go -k.
HOME AND WT r->a fcfB
DECORATE HIS ljLKyB JS® iL
CHRISTMAS ‘

TREE RIGHT /W\SnJ^7&f| WLcJ

,

NOW/ Y/tT i.IJfVii

-4
 .

THEY DID. LOU WAS A HUMAN BUZZ-SAW AS HE

LOU. THERE ARE SEVERAL FUNCTIONS
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE COME ON, YOU GUYS / THE ONLY
VOU AND THE B0Y5 TO ATTEN P'-NOW, WAY WE CAN BEAT STANFORD IS WITH SPEED
THERE'S THE ALUMNI PINNER ON WED- ANP DECEPTION / BARABAS-- GET SOME GLUE
NESDAY, r TjJ ON YOUR FINGERS, MAKE THAT BALL
ANP # THANKS, BUT WE CAN'T T STICK / THAT GOES
1 IT BEAT
THE, FOR YOU, TOO,
BROMINSKI, MONTGOMERY,
NEVEL/ OKAY, LET'S

"LOU LITTLE'S FAVORITE PLAY WAS A SPINNER "TEN DAYS BEFORE THE GAME LOU PILED HIS BOYS
CALLED KF 79. ,N THIS PLAY THE BALL IS ABOARD A TRAIN AND HEADED WEST. LOU WAS RIGHT.
SNAPPED TO THE QUARTERBACK WHO SPINS AND THIS WAS TO BE NO SCENIC TOUR
FAKES A HANDOFF TO THE R/GHT HALFBACK
WHO CHARGES OFF RIGHT TACKLE, DRAWING THE THESE SKULL SESSIONS ARE
SECONDARY DEFENSE. THE LEFT HALF THEN COMES INTENDED TO KEEP YOU ALERT/
BY THE QUARTERBACK AT HALF- SPEED, TAKES FROM NOW UNTIL NEW YEAR'S
THE BALL, CONCEALS IT BEHIND HIS LEFT H/p DAY I WANT VOU TO EAT,
AND EITHER SNEAKS OR RUNS AROUND THE RIGHT SLEEP AND DRINK
END OF THE LINE... NOTHING BUT
FOOTBALL/

OOO0OQO
"EVERY WAY- STATION AND STOPOVER WAS A
POTENTIAL PRACTICE FIELD FOR LOU " . .
.
SHAKE IT UP, MONTGOMERY / IF YOU DON'T GET
THIS PLAY RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU
.

LET'S TRY
KF-79 RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE J
AGAIN / *
 I
"LITTLE BROKE PRECEDENT BY NOT GOING D/RECTLY "ON DECEMBER 30, WHEN LOU BROUGHT HIS
TO PASADENA. HE SET UP HIS FINAL TRAINING CAMP BOYS INTO PASADENA READY FOR ACTION A ,

IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. UNUSUAL, ALSO, WAS HIS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR THREATENED TO POST-
INVITATION TO ALL THE CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERMEN PONE THE GAME. TiNY THORNHILL, STANFORD
TO vieIT HIS CAMP AND THE OPEN PRACTICE SESSIONS.!: COACH, PROPOSED A DELAY, BUT THE UONS
WOULD NOT BE PUT OFF. . .
" .

STANFORD SHOULD BE ^ EVEN IF W

25 POINT FAVORITES WE STAND FlRA\ ON OUR DECISION
AT GAME TIME / GENTLEMEN PLAY TOMORROW,
.

DIDJA EVER SEE

SUCH HALF -PINTS

"THE FOLLOWING DAY THE

FIELD WAS A MASS OF MUD
AS THE TEAMS TOOK THE
FIELD.A DRIVING RAIN KEPT
THE ATTENDANCE
AO, OOO. FOR
QUARTERS
ALL-AMERICAN
BOBBY GRAYSON,
THE LION LINE. BUT TO

m
l?HEN COLUMBIA BEGAN TO
MOVE . . .
CL/FF' MONTGOMERY
DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE.*

*
'DOWN THE
FIELD TONY
NATAL
CHURNED,
DEEP INTO
THE
SECONDARY.
MONTGOMERY
-A DEO BACK,
FOUGHT
FOR A GRIP
ON THE
SLIMY BALL
AND GOT
OFF A LONG,
WOBBLY
PASS..."

L
 /

M
THERE IN THE SUME ANO MUD, WHERE TRICKY, DECEPTIVE FOOT-
LOOKS LIKE
THIS HOKEV, POKEY, WORK WAS AU BUT IMPOSSIBLE, MONTGOMERY DECIDED TO
THE SPOT, CLIFF GAMBLE THE SNAPBACK WENT TO CL/FF WHO SPUN AND FAKED
BARABAS / KF-79J .

TO RIGHT- HALF BROMINSKI ..."i

WHAT D'VA
SAY ? /j7j

BROMINSKI 'S GOT THE BALL /

- - GET HIM J

"WHILE BROMINSKI WAS

BEING' PLOWED UNDER, AL
BARABAS DOG-TROTTED
PAST MONTGOMERY, WAS
HANDED THE BALL, TUCKED
tT BEHIND HIS H/P AND RAN
OVER R/GHT END UN-
MOLESTED TO SCORE
STANDING UP 1 COLUMBIA 6^
STANFORD O..."

•When the final gun

SOUNDED THE SCORE STILL
STOOD AT 7-0 AND T/NY,
UNDER-RATED COLUMBIA HAD
PULLEO THE ROSE BOWL UPSET
"BILL WILDER OF THE CENTURY, LOU LITTLE
WAS BROUGHT “AHEAD BY SEVEN POINTS AND H/S /NSP/RED ,%ONS HAD
BACK FROM m^THF iast laugh after all .::
I

COLUMBIA REVERTED TO
CENTER TO
CONVERT THE
DEFENSIVE BALL FOUR
.

TIMES STANFORD THREATENED

W^ HEy. GUYS.' what
EXTRA PO/NT. IN THE LAST HALF. ONCE FROM D' yA THINK OF OUR,
HIS TOE MET HALF- PINTS ANO
I

THE ONE- YARD - LINE AGAIN

PUSSYCATS HOW?/
,

THE BALL FROM THE 14- , 20. AND EIGHT—

SONARELY AND BUT COLUMBIA HELD / "
COLUMBIA
SHOT AHEAD
7- 0 ... "
 N —

BEEN NCNTHEAL'S MAUR/CE R/CHARP-

TUB JUAN THEY CALL THERCCKET'/
1

UnBIXOF THOSE EIGHT YEARS HE WON

STARTING /POSITION OH THE LEAGUE
A
ALL- WAR TEAM ,ANP HAS MARE THE
SBCG'iP TEAM m/CE. CM. y SHEET, /O (

MCHESTALLAHP WEIGHING BUT /TO >

V PCUNPSjTHE 3/-YEAR-OLPR1CHAKP\
\ MIXES WITH THE BIGGEST AMP
jnry, 7PUGHEST COMPANY IN HOCKEY-
1» ANP BEL PCW. COMES OUT

*ON£PAVt MV NAME IS MAURICE ) WHAT? SAY. *PETERM/NEP TO TEACH THE FRESH HIP
_
RICHARD f X THINK / BOY. YOU'VE SOME MANNERS, MANAGER GORMAN SHORE
!

A VOUNS
/5V/,
FRENCH - I'M GOOD ""(SOT A LOT OF 70 AWRPH CHAMBERLAIN, ONE OF THE
CANADIAN ENOUGH TO \ SPUNK OKAY. IF LEAGUE'S TOUGHEST, MOST HARPENEP,,
OPENEC? THE PLAY FOR THE \ YOU THINK YOU'RE
POOR OF CANAPIENS ‘SO GOOD. SUIT
t
TOMMY GOR- HCW ABOUT A UP AND HE'LL
1
\

/nUKrn YVt=- vt=

A WISE KID ON OUR
leave l
.

IT TO OL
7 VETS..."

MURPH, 1
—— : .

MAN'S OFFICE, JOG GIVE YOU A HANDS TEACH HIM w MR. GORMAN \ ,
—
/

ANP WITHOUT TRIAL I A FEW THINGS _

'

WAITING THeHARC?
TO &E WAV/
ANNOUNCED?, fiY
WALNEPR/GHT
IN 70 THE
PRIVATE
OFFICE OF
THE MANA-
GER OF THE
MONTREAL
CANAP/ENS.,
 / —

URPH WAGTEP LITTLE T/AAE IN GIVING

YOUNS R/CHARP'THE BUSINESS’..
WHS PLAYIN' IN A
MAN'S LEAGUE,
^HON, KlPl^^j ,

"YOUNG RICHARP SAW REP / INFURIATEPAT OKAY KIP LAY OFF, 1

YOU'VE SOT THE
THE UNFAIR. TREATMENT HE HAP RECE/PEP take it JGPIRIT X LIKE,
AT THEHANCHS OF CHAMBERLAIN HE R/PPEP EASY/
OFF HIS SLOPES, ANP... " I
^EICHABP'
5377
__10f RICHARP'X THINK
/*/ WE CAN FINPA
A2m>\ PLACE FOR YOU
I'VE TAKEN ENOUGH OF
YOUR PIETY HOCKEY,
W f'WzA thea\ontesal
IN

CHA/MBEELAIN ' EVA <

GONNA LICK TH'E PAY-
LIGHTS OUT OF YOU'

"MANAGER GORMAN GENT RICHARP 'MAURICE TRJEPHWPTO 11

THE ANNIE HEALEPGU/CKLY,
TO A FARM TEAM IN THEOUEBEC PLEASE THE FANS, THE ANP MAURICE WAS SOON
HOCKEY LEAGUE. RICHARP, jtu REAPT RPR ACTION. HE WAS
WHO HAP LEARNEP THE GPOA EAGERLY RECEMEP BY THE
ON THE PUBL /C RINKS MAS FANS,., "
AN/MIHEPYATEHIT. H BY, MAURICE—
OOH.'MY 7\ THAT WAS A \ WELCOME SINK ONE FOR
SHOOT, MAURICE- _ ANKLE' ) NASTY SPILL, \ BACK,
1

MB' I
SHOOT' ~S*5 V MAURICE 'I'M IRICHARP/ YL THANK
7C5\ \W AFRHIP nYs > // f/ \^YOUl^

-A
 H »

"J FEW PAYG LATER BACK IN THE OFFICE OF "R/CHARP RETURNEE EAGER TO PLAY. /N
TOMMY GORMAN, AT MONTREAL ... " &+2. HE WAG BROUGHT UP TO MONTREAL
ANP G/KEN A GPOT ON THE FCRWARP L/NE.7
SAV/ TOMMY, YOU KNOW ^ MSH/f WATT'LL
THAT RICH ARP KIP WE MAURICE OKAY, KIP/
FARMEP OUT ? THE ONE RICHARP-- GET THE STAR \ YOU MEET
WHO BROKE HIS ANKLE—? A CAN APIEN PUST OUT OP \ UP WfTH
SOME OF
|
WELL, HE PIP ITASAIN MR. GORMAN VOUR EYES/ S
ONLY IT WAS HIS WE'LL FIN PA SPOT WILL NEVER WE'VE GOT A j THE MON-
.

WR/GT THIS TIME / FOR HIM ON THE / REGRET TOUGH GAME STERS ON '

THIS MOVE TO PLAY / Vj THE BOSTON

,
l v
BRUIN&,
.TONIGHT

"LATER AG MAUR/CE FUTON HE FORGOT H!G TEA/A -

, P
A ONE - MAN GHOW OF " MATE'G WARNING. GUPPENIN,
GPEEP ANPAG/L/TY... „
‘
/
BIG JACK CRAWFORP CHECKER
HIM WITH ALL H/G 07REHOT
ANP R/CHARP P/TCHEP FOR- \
72P THE /CE --H/G R/GHT V
ANKLE BROKEN. THREE BONE
FRACTL/R&G /// LEE* THAW
TWO YEARG/ "rr s -i

" BUT KEEPING R/CHARP POWNANP OUT WA G "BECAUGE OF

HE WAG H/GRAM-ROP
IMPOGGI&LE / THE FOLLOWING YEAR
BACKFAGTEP. ANP GTRONGER THAN EVER. GTVLEOFPLAY,
TEAMING UP WITH TOE BLAKE ANP ELMER ANP UNORTHOPOX
METHOP OF
7RZO BECAME KNOWNA GTHB
UCH THE
PUNCH LINE '..."f— ——— PUGHINS THE
PUCK G7RAIGHT
AHEAP ON ONE
SIPE OF THE
GTICK WITH NO
ATTEMPT AT
PECEPT/ON,
THEFAGT—
FLYING
CANAP/EN
GOON BE-
CAME _
KNOWN AG
ROCKET'..."
11
THE NIGHT OF PECEMBER 2&, “ BUT ONCE ON
/Z*4 /G ONE WHICH HOCKE V ^ * ‘

FANS W/LL NEVES. FORGET.

MONTREAL WAG GCHEPULEP RICHARDS YEAH HE'e !
>
70 PL AV THEPETR&/T REP GOING WILD TREATING THAT
WlNGG. EVERYONE WAG REAPV- PUCK AS IF WE
EVERYONE BUT R/CHARP, AT owned rr — wow!
THE LAGT MOMENT HE CAME THERE GOES’ j
STAGGERING INTO THE LOCKER ANOTHER /A
ROOM .ANP..." r
SCORE/^f M
hausted! X HELPED MY
BROTHER MOVE TODAY WE /

COULDN'T GET A TRUCK GO

X MOVED EVERYTHING ON
AY SACK DON'T EXPECT
I

TOO MUCH OF ME TONIGHT,

%/HERE
WAG NO
STOPPING
THE
MONTREAL
ROCKET.
HE PUT
ON THE
GREATEST
ONE-MAN
SHOW
EVER GEEN
ON ICE.
p/yjr
GOALS'
ANP
THREG
AGGIG7&!
NOT BAP
FOR A
T/ffeo " t
MAN/

"PROM then ON THE WORP IN THE LEAGUE WAG L, AG MAURICE CAROM EP OFF REP THE
1

‘GET RICHARD AND YOU STOP THE CANADIANS OTHER HAWK GLAMMEP HIM TO THE ICE.
,
1
,

ONE EVENING IN CHICAGO AGAINST THE BUT EVEN AG HE FELL., MAURICE PL UNO
BLACKHA WKG, MAURICE WAG RIPPING DOWN OUT HfS GT/CK ANP
,
RAMMEP THE PUCK
THE ICE. 'REP' HAMM/LL ANP A DEFENCE INTO THE NETS FOfS A GOAL . THEVJUG7
MAN PCUBL E- TEAMEP HIM .FIRST REP THREW COULPN'T STOP THE ROCKET. , ,l
A VIC/CL/S C/JECK INTO THE ROCKET ..." "- VflttfWL ’
 '(Because of the rough ON ANOTHER
'

TACTICS USUAL LY EMPLOYES? BY EVENING

OPPONENTS TO STOP HIM, ASASNET THE
R/CHAPP OFTEN PETAL JACTEO NEW YORK
WTH H/S F/STS " ,
PANG EPS,
RICHAPI?
FACE/? A
ON-
TYP/CAL
SLAUGHT AS
HE FLASHEl?
TOWARO THE
GOAL. TONY
LESW/CP, NON
WITH THE
REP W/NGS,
TEAMEC? UP
W/TH ROUGH
GUSKYLE. |
MAURICE
WENT SPIN-
NING TO „
THE /CE ..
*KYLE FELL ON TOP OF HIM ANP LESWICK LEAPEp TO JO/N THE
ROUGH— HOUSE PARTY. &UTMAUR/CE, EVER ALERT,
FE/NTEP GOAL/E CHUCK RAYNEP OUT CP POSITION ANP
PUS HEP THE PUCK NOME FOR A SCORE

WHY DIDN'T WHAT DID YOU WANT

YOU HOLD ME TO DO— LASSO
HIAN/TONYi HIM AND TIE HIM UP?

‘STICK OF A CENTURY f
DESIGNED FOR
MAURICE RICHARP &Y THAT
^ >$
|A -L^ ik
-
'

GREAT TOOLMAKER ANP DE-

SIGNER, MAURICE RICH ARP/
/Whapbetterse
//WE'RE
GOOP, MAURICE
GOING TO HAVE
/
j% 7/
//. A ROUGH TIME WITH
L£[ THOSE REP WING'S/

I
 , — P

WAS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ELIMINATING

HE SCOPE/? THE W/NN/NG GOAL. /N THEEE OF
'''ffilCHARP
^FROM THE PLAYOFFS. '

"oh the TAKE A GOOD LOOK, MEN :

PETRO T t T HERE GOES THE BEST

BENCH v PLAYER I'VE SEEN IN
COACH JACK \ THE PAST TWENTY y
Jv
.

APAMG, WHO .
VEAR5 / ^gMHk
HAS SEEN
IN THE R'/NK
GAME A
GREAT HUM-
BER OF
TEARS, HAP
TH/S TO SAY
TO H& MEN
~*r,UdF
ROCKET
GTREAKEP
POWH THE
ICE... "
"THEN, TEPUNPSAV, OF THE PETRO/T RE
'MAURICE HAS HAP MANY WONPERFUL EVENINGS IN WINGS, \TO WHOM the CANAP/ENS HAP
THE R/NK. BUT PERHAPS THE GREATEST WAS JUST JUST LOST. SKATEP OVER TO TALK TO
PRIOR TO THE 'SO— E/ PLAYOFFS WHEN THE FANS X
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OF MONTREAL TURNER OUT FOR A MAURICE 1

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SUGAR. RAY ROBINSON IS RECOGNlZEP AS ONE OP THE
GREATEST FIGHTERS EVER TO STEP INTO A RING.' UNLIKE
OTHER BOXERS, WHO HAVE M APE ANP LOST THEIR.
FORTUNES, ROBINSON IS IN A CLASS WITH BILLY
PETROLLE. JACK DEMPSEY ANP GENE TUNNEY, WHO
HAVE INVESTEP. THEIR EARNINGS WISELY ANP ARE
NOW LMNG COMFORTABLY/ EVERYTHING THE 51 -
YEAR- OLP CHAMPION TOUCHES TURNS TO GOLD!
RAY ROBINSON ISgTRULY A /4-KARAT SLUGGER...."

LOOK INTO THE ROBINSON STORY.' IT

"flBT'S "BmOUIS WAS FONP OF YOUNG WALKER SMITH,
STARTS IN THE BREWSTER, GYM IN DETROIT IN WHO WAS H/S FAVORITE ERRANP BOY' SO IT WAS
1932! WALKER SMITH WATCHES A YOUNG AMATEUR A SAP PAY AT BREWSTER'S WHEN THE /Z-YEAR-
CHAMPION WORK OUT... OLP LAP HAP TO SAY GOOP-BYE TO H/S /POL..:
1
YOU'RE RIGHT
LOOK AT HIM... A ABOUT JOE, WALKER, GOSH, JOE /IT TAKE CARE OF YOUR-
REAL CHAMPION/ BUT PON'T GET ANY ISN'T THAT X WANNA SELF, SMITTY/ ANP
YEP, THAT JOE LOUIS IPEAS ABOUT YOUR- LEAVE, BUT MOM IS PON'T FORGET TO
IS GONNA BE GREAT SELF/ YOU'VE GOT A MOVING US TO NEW KEEP YOUR LEFT
SOMEPAY/ AN' I'M > LOT OF GROWIN' YORK /I'M GONNA j
MISS YA/ y HANP UP/ y
GONNA BE JUST / TO VO!
LIKE HIM/
I'LL SEE YOU
IN THE "GARPEN'
SOMEPAY/
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Another boyhood
e
idol op walker's was
BILL BOJANGLES'
' ROB/NSON, THE FAMED TAP
DANCER J BOJANGLES WOULD OATEN VISIT WALKER
AND HIS FRIENDS ON THE BUST CORNERS OF
NEW YORK'S HARLEM, AND TEACH THEM THE
LATEST STEPS.."

"WALKER FORMED HIS OWN NEIGHBOR- "WALKEk ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE AND SAILED INTO H/S
HOOD DANCE GROUP AND THE KIDS TORMENTOR WITH FISTS FLYING..."
TOURED THE CORNERS, DANCING FOR
PENNIES / ONE EVENING .

FEW MINUTES LATER WALKERS ''AFTER A FEW MORE MEETINGS WORK

OKAY, WISE GUY, YOU'LL
FISTS HAP THE BULLY AND H/S GA/NFORp- FELT THAT YOUNG OUT IN YOUR UNDERSHIRT
GANG ON THE RUN/ ONE OF THE SMITH REALLY HAD SOMETHING! AND SHORTS UNTIL YOU EARN
AMUSED BYSTANDERS HAP WATCH- HE GENEROUSLY OUTFITTED ENOUGH TO BUY BACK YOUR .
ED TH/S SET-UP WITH PARTICULAR WALKER W/TH RING TOGS AND EQUIPMENT/
INTEREST..." | ORDERED HIM TO REPORT j

SAY, KID, YOU'RE

1
BACK THE NEXT DAY/ WALKER
PRETTY HANDY WITH THOSE REPORTED AS ORDERED, BUT.. ! 1

FISTS/ GOT A REAL NATURAL

STYLE/ IF YOU'RE INTERESTED DO YOU MEAH >
...WHAT
IN A RING CAREER DROP BY YOU HOCKED THE EQU/R-
THE GYM AND SEE ME SOME MEHT* HOW DO YOU EXPECT
DAY/ MY NAME'S GAINFORD.. TO WORK OUT ? -C
GEORGE GAINFORD/
HERE'S AAY £ARP.O
-(jAtNFORP WORKED HARP WITH THE BOY'
AFTER MONTHS OP TRAINING. WALKER WAS
ANX/OUS TO SOX IN A REGULAR AAU BOUT, BUT
WAG TOO YOUNG TO OBTAIN A CARP? ONE
EVENING GEORGE ARRANGEP AN AAU A\ATCH
FOR WALKER.* AS THEY CAME DOWN THE AISLE...'
HERE, KID. GIVE THIS CARC7
TO THE ANNOUNCER ! THE
6UY WHO OWNEP IT RETlREC?
A LON<S TIME AGO/ IT'S'THE
ONLY WAY YOU CAN 6ET
INTO THE RIN6/

"Walker smith, now ray rob/nSON, set the amateur ring ablaze with 39 consecutive
VICTORIES / HE KNOCKED OUT <2>9 OPPONENTS 44 OF THEM IN THE FIRST ROUND ... "
/

JANUARY '39. RAY WON H/S FIRST TITLE IN

NEW YORK CITY GOLDEN GLOVES ..."
 .

'7MS FOLLCWJN& YEAR RAY REPEATED HIS EARLIER TRIUMPHS 7/ORRMAN S/GNEP RAY TO F/GHT
AM? THIS TIME WON THE AMATEUR WELTER TITLE J GEORGE JOE ECHEVERR/A AT
GAINFORP. C ONC ERNEP WITH RAY'S FUTURE, SOLP ROBINSON'S GARPE
CONTRACT TO WEALTHY CURT HORRMAN A MAN WITH A GREAT
. . EARNEP &IOO FOR HIS FIRST PRO
PEAL OF INFLUENCE ..." FIGHT BY STOPPING JOE IN TWO
J MY PEAL With MR. HORRMAN
g:okgc heels that CAuLS for HIM to set aste
IA MAN OP MY POSITION A REGULAR SALARY FOR YOU
CAN MOVE YOU ALONG EACH WEEK, RAY/ HE'LL PAY
FAS ER RAY/ OF COURSE
, YOUR MOTHER'S RENT, TOO/
I'M RETAINING GEORGE IT'S MORE THAN I CAN VO
AS YOUR TRAINER/ FOR YOU, RIP/ ;
"
THANKS,
! WHATEVER
MR. G.
you SAY GOES/

•&Y 7///S 7//M£, RAY'S OLP FRIENP, JOE "&UGAR RAY'S FLASHING F/STS BACKEP UP LOUIS'
LOUIS, HAP BECOME HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, STATEMENT/ IN HIS NEXT 20 FIGHTS HE KNOCK EP
BUT HE HAPN'T FORGOTTEN LITTLE 'SMITTY." OUT !7 OF HIS OPPONENTS, ALL TOP- NO TCHERS . .

WHEREVER HE WENT JOE PUT IN A GOOP AMONG THEM, A//CK CASTlGLIONE, NORMENT QUARLES
:

WORP FOR SUGAR RAY..." ,

:

ANP PETE LELLOL.

r— YOU PUT
1

DOWN THAT THE SUGAR BABY HERE IS

GONNA BE CHAMP REAL SOON /' JUST
TELL YOUR REAPERS THAT OL JOE
! W. |
.

r-n
TOL(7 YOU 50/

"®N JULY 21, 19FI RAY GOT HIS FIRST BIG CHANCE "Subsequent victories over max/e
AGAINST FORMER LIGHTWEIGHT KING SAMMY ANGOTT, SHAPIRO- ANP MARTY SERVO CREATEP
AT PH 'LAPEL PHIA ..." INTEREST IN A MATCH WITH ROUGH, TOUGH,
N
THIS KIP IS YEAH/ FORMER WELTER KING, FRITZIE ZIV/C.1
THE WINNER BY ON THE BALL. AFRA/P OF NO MAM.. ESPECIALLY
ROBINSON'S. FRITZIE WAS
UNANIMOUS PECISION, IT TAKES A GOIN' < ROBINSON../
RAY ROBINSON/ GOOD MAN 1 PLACES j) ROBINSON ? HAH/
•
TO BEAT WHAT PO YOU HE'S ONLY
SAMMY/ A THINK OF ROBINSON, PUNK AMATEUR
FRITZIE ? PO YOU KIP/ WHEN I GET
EXPECT ANY THROUGH WITH HIM
TROUBLE HE WON'T EVEN BE
WITH HIM/ ABLE TO GO BACK
TO TAP PANCIN'/YOU
CAN QUOTE ME
ON THAT/
 5

"Curt horrman's outs de BuS'NESS n~sr-_ y) T DETROIT ON FEBRUARY S. i943,/N A RETURN

BOUT LAMOTTA, WITH A WEIGHT EDGE of
E£TS TOOK' UP TOO MUCH OR *'S t/M E, SO hE
'

SOLO RAT'S CONTRACT BACK TOGA.N-ORD POUNDS BLASTED ray Ou r OF the RNG / BuT
ThE HEAR T QF A CHAMPO'V
•for$ 0 000 / then in January wz, ray RC3 NSON DISPLACED
i
WEATHERED Tm£
KO'P FRlTZlE IN T£N ROUNDS IN THE'R RETURN AND CRAWLED BACK >N HE c r
,

F'N'ShED On h 5 E£ H E HAD
Su'r
AND WENT ON TO DEFEAT MARTY SERVO STORM AND
.'

BOUT, h S c.RS r ^OSS.

AND SAMMY ANGOTT AGAIN / HE ADDED A KO ABSORBED •

OVER Z2ZY JANNA220 AND A DECISION OVER

MIDDLEWEIGHT JAKE lamotta, for A W/M
STREAK OF 40 BOOTS..."

WN THE SPACE OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, "ONCE AGAIN RAY WAS TOGETHER WITH H/S OLD
RAY DEFEATED LAMOTTA 70 AVENGE H/S ONLY FRiEND JO.E LOU/S.' TOGETHER THEY TOURED
ARMY tAMPS AND HELPED ENTERTA/N THE
LOSS, BEAT HENRY ARMSTRONG, FORMER /9/w DCS Gli/cn A MPOlfAL
TRIPLE T/TlE- HOL.DER AND MARR/ED EDNA
.

MAE HOLLEY! RAY TOPPED OFF THAT EX'

CITING YEAR &Y JOINING THE ARMY...'
 J

"Pay resumed h/s activity a/vd swept "AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, IN NOVEMBER 1946, RAY
THE DIVISION CLEAN OF OPPONENTSl HE TOOK ON TOP MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER, ART/E
DEFEATED LAMOTTA TWICE MORE LICKED , LEVINE, WHO HAD A STREAK OF FIVE KNOCK-OUT
TOMMY BELL-, KO'D JIM MCDANIELS JOE , VICTORIES, RAY SPOTTED ART/E /2 POUNDS' HE
CURCIO AND CECIL HUDSON..." BREE2ED ALONG UNTIL THE FIFTH ROUND WHEN
THE ROOF FELL IN ON HIM/ LEVINE CONNECTED..?

*SAVED BY THE BELL, RAY GOT ONTO H/S "0N THE IOTH ROUND ROBINSON TURNED
BICYCLE AND PUT ON A MASTERFUL BOXING DEFEAT INTO VICTORY AG HE UNLEASHED A
EXHIBITION/ HE JABBED HIS WAY OUT OF FLURRY OF LEFT HOOKS AND RIGHT HAND
TROUBLE IN THE SUCCEEDING ROUNDS ..." SMASHES THAT SENT LEVINE DOWN FOR
THE FINAL COUNT/ A COMEBACK THAT COULD
ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY A SUPER-FIGHTER
LIKE ROBINSON ..."

"@UE TO CHAMPION MARTY "RAY WAS VERY DEVOTED TO "

Other intelligent invest-
SERVO'S SUDDEN RETIREMENT, HIS MOTHER/ THAT CHRISTMAS ments BROUGHT RAY TWO
THE WELTERWEIGHT TITLE WAS POUND THE NEW CHAMPION MORE SOLID BUSINESS
DECLARED. PAY AND AT HIS MOTHER'S SIDE..". PROPERTIES..."
TOMMY BELL OF OHIO WERE,

DESIGNATED TO BATTLE FOR YOU HAVE A LOT A MR.

THE VACANT CROWN AT MADISON OF RESPONSIBILITIES /GAINFORD
SQUARE GARDEN ON DECEMBER NOW, SON / BUT
20, 19+6/
RAY SCORED A YOUR FIRST IS5 \ OPENING A /Va.
UNANIMOUS VICTORY OVER BELL OR \ RESTAURANT,.*^
TO PROVIDE FOR
BEFORE A PACKED HOUSE OF I6000/. THE FUTURE..... I MOM/ WE'RE X
FOR YOUR WIFE
IPS /CALLING IT 'SUGAR
AND FAMILY/ '
\ RAY'S/* THERE'S
HAVE YOU GIVEN
EN )
SOME REAL ESTATE
IT ANY THOUGHT/
IT
/ WE'RE INTERESTED .

IN, TOO/ DON'T 4

WORRY, HONEY/ I'VE 1
WORKED TOO HARD »

FOR MY MONEY TO
SQUANDER
N f u it AWAY/ j
tS?N JUNE 24 1947, TRAGEDY STRUCK WHEN "POYLE'S FANCY H AS LEFT DESTITUTE / WH'L B
RAY'S KO OF JIMMY POYLE /N PEFENSE OF
,
OTHERS TALKED, RAY acted.
HiS CROWN AT CLEVELAND, RESULTED /N POYL E <
DEATH... " I WANT YOU TO SET (jP A TRUST PuND F OR
JIVWY DO>lES FA AMlv : THEV RE to RECEIVE
£ 50 Amonth FOR TEN YEARS/ that s

/k ay RAPiPtY FOUGHT H/MSELF OUT OF OPPONENTS/ ROB/NSON SERVED NOTICE ON THE ANPPL E -
'

HE SUCCESSFULLY PEFENPEP AG A /NST CHUCK WEIGHTS BY STOPPING LEAPING CON TENPE R

TAYLOP IN DECEMBER 4 7 ANP BERNARP POCuSEN STEVE BELLO/SE tN SEVEN ROUNPS AT WElN
IN JUNE 43/ ON JUNE 1949 HE TURNED BACK YORK CITY..."
II,

KIP GAV/LAN AT PHILAPELPHIA / WELTERWEIGHTS

WANTEP NO PART OF SUGAR RAY..."
LOOK MEN /
, I CAN MAKE MONEY ANP STAY
HEALTHY WITHOUT FlC>HTIN<3 ROBINSON.' I
OAN'T BEAT HIM —
ANP I DON'T KNOW ANYONE
WHO CAN / LET HIM GIVE THE /VI IPDLEWE/GHTS
'
HEADACHE ANP LEAVE US ALONE.'

"Another year passed before he was "CHARLEY FUSAR/ AGREED TO MEET ROBINSON,
ABLE TO CATCH ANOTHER LEAPING /GO ANP ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 9, I9SO, RAY MET
POUNDER / HE THEN LICKED FRANCE'S ROBERT ANP DEFEATED THE"JERSEY M/LKMAN'OVER IS
V/LLEMA/N TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS A ROUNPS ANP ENRICHED THE DAMON RUNYON
LEADING CONTENDER.' ONE EVENING IN JUNE, CANCER FUND BY MORE THAN $ 3 S, OOO ..."
1 HELLO,
MR. WlNCHELL ? THIS
IS RAY ROBINSON.'
I'D LIKETO DONATE
MY SERVICES TO THE
PA MON RUN VO A/
CANCER FUND/ I LL
FI6HT ANYONE YOU SAY
FOR THE WELTER TITLE
AND DONATE MY PURSE/
HOW ABOUT IT 7
"Jjni9SO ray maps a triumphant tour op, "MORE than / 4.000 PANS PA/P £ /S 0,000 TO
EUROPE WHERE H£ DEFEATEC THE CONT/NENTS WATCH RAY ANP JAKE BATTLE 'T OU r IN CHICAGO
BEST M/PPiEWEiGHTS i£AN STOCK, LUC VAN ON FEBRUARY 14. 195/ / JAKE SURPR'SEP EVERY-
CAM. ROBERT V'LLEMA/N A HP HANS STRETZJ ONE BY OL/T-JABB/NG PAY EARLY /N THE P/GHT.
ONLY ONE MAN STOOP /N H/S PATH TO THE
crown: h/s arch rival jake lamqtta, non
,

M/PPL E WE'GHT king ..."

"POR TEN ROjNPS the BRONX BULL R/PPEP " THEN /N ' ROL/NP //.JAKE P/NNEP RAY /N A CORNER,
A VP TORE H/S WAV /NS /PE W/TH DEVASTATING
LEPT HOOKS that hurt the CHALLENGER ..."

"JA<E PAUSEP TO CATCH H/S BREATH ANP "W/thOuT A LET-UP, ROBINS ON BLASTEP A NAY
SUPPENLY ROB'NSON CAME AL/VE/ HE LASHEP AT THE FAP/NG CHAMPION/ LAMOTTA WAS UNABLE
OUT WITH BRU>S/NG LEPT HOOKS ANP RIGHT TO L/PT H/S ARMS. YET. HE STAYEP ON H/S FEET/
CROSSES THAT SHOOK THE CHAMP ANP PROVE AT LAST. IN THE /3 TH ROUNP, REFEREE S/KORA
H'M ACROSS THE RING/ THE T/PE HAP TURNEP..7 LEAPEP BETWEEN THE GLAP/ATORS ANP
STOPPEP THE CARNAGE RAY ROBINSON HAP
.'

WON H/S SECONP TITLE / 0

 JUKE, *95/ RAY TOO* A HOT*SR EUROPEAN "HOWEVER THE MOVES OF T*£ BOUT DIS-
,

JAUNT,':v~ OK Trt.'S ~P & HE H'AS SC-SD~-ED PEL _ SO AKY OOUST AS TO TURPIN'S AS'LITY..?
TO MEET A _ ~7lE <A 'Oi\ V ~N3L/3rr CHALlcAGER
„.RAKDY 7JR~ XJ OK The EvEN’NG Oh JULY O.
LOKOOK RAy
HD S', AT . WAS A /£?-/ FAVOR' 'E.
BUT THE KEKT MORN/N& ..."

•FOR N/NE ROUNDS THEY FOUGHT ON EVEN

PAHS POURED $ 767,630 /A/TO THE BOY- TERMS.' THEN ROB/NSON BEGAN TO T/RE AND
OFFICE TO WITNESS PAY'S ATTEMPT TO REGAIN FADE ' TURP/N LEAPED IN W/TH A SMASHING
THE CROWN/ THE BOYS WERE EVENLY MATCHED, RIGHT AND R/PPED OPEN A CUT OVER RAY'S
W/TH RAY WE/EH/NO IS 7/4 TO TURP/N'S ISP../ LEFT EYE.' WAS TH/S THE BEGINNING OF THE

TURP/N WAS PINNED THERE, HELPLESS.'

IN AN AMAZlNiS RE-
MORE THAN FIFTY DEVASTATING BLOWS *THEN ON JUNE BS, <952, ROBINSON,
VERSAL OF FORM WERE LANDED BY ROB/NSON WITHOUT INQUEST OP A THIRD TlTLS,
ROBINSON HAS SUR6EC7 WALLY, REFEREE RUBY CHALLENGED JOEY MAXIM,
SACK AND IS DRIVING
LEAPED IN AND STOPPED IT.?.
7H6 LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT
TURPIN BEFORE HIM KING- THE YANKEE STADJUM
WITH A FU5ILLAPE OF WAS A STEAMJNG CALDRON/ THE
PUNCHES/ IT IS ALMOST TEMPERATURE IN THE RING A
AS IF THE CUT TO HIS BROILING, SIZZLING '04°/
EVE HAS AWAKENED A DESPITE THE UNBEARABLE NEAT,
SLEEPIN6 TI6ER ROBINSON BUILT UP A COMMAND-
ING LEAP OVER THE FIRST IB
ROUNDS. HOWEVER, THE '3TPI
ROUNP SAW THE CHALLENGER
HELPED BACK TO H/S CORNER—
A VICTIM OF HEAT PROSTRATION.
HR WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER
THE BELL FOR THE '4 TR ROUND.
ROBINSON'S DEFEAT WILL GO INTO
THE RECORD BOOKS AS A TKO ' // TM
ROUND—.BUT TO FANS EVERY-
WHERE, RAY ROBINSON WILL
ALWAYS BE THE
CHAMPION OF CHAMP/Q
 SPINNING THE SPORTS YARN
with BILL STERN

The Will i o Win Packed into his wiry 75-pound frame was a

This is named Gerry "He lived

the story of a boy world of drive, stamina and natural ability that
or. an island in the his two
Caribbean where, with soon made him the scourge of his weight division.
brothers, he helped hismother work their small No one could stand before* Gerry’s’ driving fists for
farm. Even as a lad of six Gerry had to do his share long. Sixmonths after he joined the academy he
of work to help make ends meet. He was a bright was crowned champion.
lad and his mother had high hopes for him. .
Because there were no regularly scheduled box-
When Gerry was old enough he went off to school ing programs Gerry traveled the “bootleg” boxing

in a large city not far from the farm. His grades circuit, fighting wherever he could for whatever
were excellent, and he seemed to be applying him- he could get. Sometimes the payoff would amount

self diligently. But one evening lie came home from to only two or three°dollars. More often than not

school with his clothes muddy and torn, his face the only pay was sandwiches and coffee. One day
cut and bleeding. Gerry had been in a fight. “You’ll Gerry had to carry the ring poles, ropes and equip-
never get anywhere fighting,” liis mother said. •
ment 14 miles, set them up and then sell the tickets.
“You must get an education and be somebody!” After fighting and winning the main event he dis-

When Gerry was ten he found that he could covered that this was another “sandwich and
earn more money by working as a gardener in the coffee” night. Gerry made up his mind that night.

home of Jose Llanes, one of the rich men of the Now seventeen, he felt that he was big enough and
city, The extra money was badly needed at home,
strong enough to make his own way and carve a

so Gerry worked for Senor Llanes from six to career for himself in the ring.

eleven each morning and attended school every He took leave of his mother and journeyed to

afternoon. Then, in the evenings, he would do what the capital city of the little island. There he sought
he could on the farm out a manager and displayed his ability. Soon he
In 1938, a Golden Gloves academy was opened •was fighting regularly. He won 'his first fight by a

in the city and ail of Gerry’s friends joined. But

knockout. In his third he defeated an established
Gerry could not attend because the sessions were main-eventer Gerry was on his way! The islanders
held in the afternoon when he was busy at school. were so impressed with the newcomer that they
However, the youth could not resist the temptation demanded a bout with the national featherweight
to join his friends. He quit school and enrolled at champion. The match was made. Gerry trained hard
the academy. for this big event! He worked like a demon. When
* “But how will you learn to read and write?” his liis arms were ready to drop from fatigue he forced
mother asked him. them to turn the skipping rope faster. By fight

“I shall learn by myself, in the evenings!” night Gerry was ready. Then fate intervened.
y
Gerry pursued a schedule that would have At the weigh-in ceremonies when the examining
deterred an, older, stronger man. But this youth* physician put his stethoscope to Gerry’s chest the
W£s fired with ambition. Picture, if you can, a young fighter pitched ovqr on his face! The doctor
twelve-year-old boy working from six to eleven felt his forehead, signalled for a stretcher and
each morning, attending a rigorous physical train- rushed bin) to the hospital. MALARIA!
ing program all afternoon, in the tropic heat, and The dread tropical disease ravaged his young
then spending his evenings working in the vege- body. His temperature soared and his body jerked
table patches and- cane fields. Then, when the convulsively as he was alternately seized with
others lay down to sleep, he dragged his books chills and fever. He fought for his life, and fought
from the shelf and studied until his eyes refused to gallantly —even as he did in the ring. The days ran
remain open. into weeks. The weeks into months.
 — —

Almost year passed before Gerry was able to

a flew about the cage like a wildcat. The puck
leave the sick bed. ‘‘No more boxing!” said the bounced back as if there was an invisible wall be-
doctor. Rest and more rest was the prescription! tween the Ranger goal and the Maroons. The
But the doctor hadn’t reckoned with this youth’s Rangers rallied around their gallant boss. If he
driving spirit. Gerry trained harder than ever. He could tame the rampaging Maroons so could they!
whipped himself into magnificent condition. He T he final score read Rangers 2 — Montreal 1. After
donned the gloves once again and started to punch that game Montreal was out of the running. Les
out victory after victory. Soon he ran out of compe- Patrick had shown his boys how to win. When the
tition and headed for the United States. Here, too, smoke cleared the New York Rangers, rookie
series’
none could stand before his blazing fists. Again he sensations of the National Hockey League, had
won bout after bout— until he punched himself into won the Stanley Cup by three games to two.
the Welterweight Championship of the World!
This youth, who laughed in the face of adversity, The Greatest Knee
smiled in the face of death, is Gerardo Gonzalez Perhaps the greatest dog-sled driver and racer
or as he is better known to fight fans — KID GAVI- the world has ever known is Leonard Sepalla. In
LAN, THE CUBAN HAWK! 30 years of Alaskan dog-sled racing he captured 32
prizes. Three times he won the 408-mile Nomc-to-
The Boss Comes Through
Candlc test. The famed Borden Mar.uhon event
The year was 1926. New York had just been
was won by Sepalla three times running.
awarded a new franchise in the National Hockey
The day Sepalla lelt Kaltag with Nome ;js his
League. The sports pages were filled with the news.
destination he knew he was in fm the toughest race
Les Patrick, the greatest rink man of all times, was
of hislife. He mushed his dog.s .md drove them on
to manage the -New York Rangers — latent entry
as he had never driven Ins animals belore. hrough I

into big-time hockey. But all the boys “in the

the icy wastes, into the fact* of driving winds he
know” smiled. Hockey teams are not made over-
sledded No one was holding a watch on him There
night. “Maybe by 1936 Les might have himself a
were no other dog teams behind him none in —
team,” they said. But two years l^ter in 1928 the
front of him. Yet, Scpalla’s huskies flew across the
New York Rangers were in the Stanley Cup finals ice as he urged them on. My drew lus furs closely
challenging the Montreal Maroons for rinkdom’s about his face as the icy winds cut into his flesh.
most precious trophy. His stomach craved food. His flesh craved warmth.
The Rangers played like demons against their Yet there would be no fire to warm Ins bones and
older, more experienced foes. Then, in the second
no warm supper to ease the pangs of hunger until
game, Ranger goalie Lome Chabot, went diving
he reached Nome. l*or Leonard Sepalla was en-
for the puck and made a magnificent save. As
gaged in the most important race of his life. He was
Chabot crashed to the ice Les waved for the doctor. racing death! Loaded high on his sled, forcing the
Chabot’s eye was cut and bleeding where the runners deep into the snow', was a c^rgo ol serum
bullet-likq, puck bad knifed into the flesh.
the scrum needed so desperately by the diphtheria-
Patrick was frantic. Chabot was his only goalie.
ridden victims of Nome. No, there would be no
In desperation he asked the Maroons for permis- rest for Leonard Sepalla-that night.
sion to use Ottawa’s Alex Connell for the remainder Even as this task demanded a supreme effort
of the game. “We’re playing the Rangers, Les,” from Sepalla so did it demand a herculean effort on
they told him, “not Ottawa! Either you put a
the part of his w-onderful dogs. Never before had
Ranger in or play without a goalie!”
they been called upon to pull so heavy a load at so
The Patrick dander was up! So that’s the way great a speed in such an unrelenting fashion.
these fellows wanted to play! A few moments later But the citizen* of Kaltag had picked on the
the crowd came to its feet as the announcer called rightteam of man and beast. They were equal to
out, “Now playing goalie for New York, Lester the task! As' Sepalla and his dogs drove into the
Patrick!” outskirts ofNome, in the very nick of time, he
Les Patrick, the old “Silver Fox” himself. Forty- knew without looking at the clock that he had
four years old! This was a game for young men! won his greatest race. The smiles on the faces of
But Les was out there, nevertheless. For two. peri- the people of Nome and the cheers on their lips
ods the Maroons stormed the Ranger nets, and for gave him his answer.
two periods old Les held the fort. His stick was like a
whirling windmill. He jumped, slid, pushed and THE END
 .. !

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RODKLEIVA MOUNTAIN IT WAS MARKED OFF WITH 110 POLES AND FLAGS
WHICH FORMED THE £9 GATES THROUGH WHICH SHF HAD TO ZIG-ZAG IN
ORDER TO WIN THE GIANT SKi SLALOM OF THIS SIXTH WINTER OLYMPIAD
AT OSLO, NORWAY IT WAS FEBRUARY, 1952 FOUR YEARS EARLIER AT
ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND, ANDREA MEAD HAD ATTEMPTED A* SIMILAR
TASK AND FAILED. NOW. ON ROPKLElVA MOUNTAIN, ANDREA PULLED HER
/LrifLrlt cc n

'Khe zoomep ora IN

^ A WHIRL OR WHITE,
SH/SAND POLES /
PUG UP SNOw

"lA/h\RUNG ANPSWiRUNG in ANP out OP The

POLE- MARK EP LANES LIKE A ROLLER-COASTER
ANPREA FLEW DOWN THE HILL.. " ---4a r.
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jbHE FLASHEP ACROSS THE FINISH LINE IN

ZWIIUUTES 6.3 SECONDS- Z-Z SECONPS FASTER
THAN PAG MAR ROM OF AUSTRIA. 'ANPREA HAP
WON HER FIRST GOLD MEPAL- ONLY THE SECOND
WON BY AN AMERICAN SKIER IN OLYMPIC HISTORY.
GRETCHEN FRASER OF VANCOUVER. WASHINGTON,
COACH OF THE /95Z WOMEN'S TEAM. SNARED THE
FIRST ONE IN 19 AS. . .
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[fJuT WINNING THE GIANT SLALOM WAS NOT
ENOUGH FOR ANDREA. AS HER HUSBAND
HELPED REMOVE HER SKIS..
I CAN HAEPLY WAtT 'TIL
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NEXT WEEK FOE THE REGULAR

r POWNHILL 5LAL0M, PAVE/ X

FLUNKEP OUT ON THAT ONE AT
ST. A10EITZ-- REMEMBEE ?

"NOE AGAIN ANDREA WAS OFF. THIS (tSeR RIGHT SR! SNAGGED A POLE AND ANDREA FLEW
TIME DOWN THE SHARP. SPEEDY RUN HEAD OVER HEELS INTO THE NORWEIGAN SNOWS. THE
CONTAINING A9 GATES, OR PAIRS OF POLES, PRECIOUS SECONDS TICKED BY... "
THROUGH WHICH SHE MUST ZIG-ZAG HER
WAY DOWN THE HILL. ANDREA CUT THE
FIRST POLE TOO CLOSE...
 -/Bncouragep sv pave, anprea sought further
Bm HEL p from STEIN ER'KSON. THE SLALOM MASTER

'

^Fave. stein anp anprea flottep Jnprea was off in her po-or- pib effort- rr was
THE RUN AS CAREFULLY AS A GENERAL NOW OR NEVER! A ROARING CROWP OF 15,000 LINEPTHE RUN..
a
PLANNING A VITAL ATTACK. THEN...
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f HE LEAPEP AND OWED DOWN THE

INCLINES. AROUNP ThE POLES... "
THE LESSER pown-
GRAPES, SHE POLEP FURIOUSLY
TO MAINTAIN HERSPEEP--
w \nprea cut arounp
THE POLES BY SUCH A
NARROW MARGIN, THAT THE
ERIKSON'S APVICE STILL WAVING FLAGS 6LAPPEP
PHONING IN HER EARS . .
.
HEP ACROSS THE FACE..."

COURSE THROUGH A SPRUCE FOREST MENACING ROCKS.

HrsntrS
UMOTHING coulpstop \nPREA MEAP LAWRENCE HAP BECOME
Vr THE FLYING AMERICAN MRS. LAWRENCE’S TIME-- 7HL FIRST ,AMERICAN EVER TO WIN TWO
:

I MINUTE, 3 A SEC0NP5. GOLP MEPALS IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS!

AS SHE FOUGHT HER WAY
POWN THE 1,3 1Z- FOOT AS SHE PROUPLY P/SPLAVEP HER MEPALS,
HILL..." ANPREA THREW HER ARMS ABOUT PAVE AND
STEIN ANP UNSELFISHLY THANKEP THEM FOR
THE APVICE ANP ENCOURAGEMENT THAT HAP
ENABLEP HER TO COME BACK ANP WIN THE
PRIZE THAT HAP ELUPEP HER FOUR YEARS
EARLIER. ANOTHER CHAMPION HAP PROVEN
HER WORTH.'" r|ft|— — ™T~ I . ,

"fitNPREA 'S COMBINEP TIME FOR 1 \

THE TWO HEATS WAS \\l,

Z MINUTES, 10. SECONPS. VI
THE AMERICAN'S PARING SECONP W
HEAT RUN SPELLEP THE PIFFERENCE 1
AS SHE WON HER SECONP GOLD MEDAL
BY A SCANT 3/10 SECONP OVER RUNNER- >
UP FRAULEIN OSS REICHERT OF GERMANY..
 you pick the mute*.

“VhE AFTERNOON in PHILADELPHIA, WHICH SAW JACK DEMPSEY LOSE HIS CROWN TO THE DASHING'
GENE TUNNEy, AND THE EVENING IN NEW YORK, WHICH FOUND JOE LOUIS SPRAWLED ON THE ROPES
AT THE HANDS OP YOUNG ROCKY MARCIANO, ARE SPANNED BY AOUAKTEKOFA CENTURY. EACH Op
THESE EVENTS SPELLED THE END OP AN ERA IN BOXING. BOTH LOUIS AND DEMPSEY WERE SYMBOLS
OF THEIR TIMES. WHAT FIGHT FAN HAS NOT SAID TO HIMSELF. IF ONLY THOSE TWO COULD HAVE
'

IN THE RING!' WHICH OF THE TWO WAS THE SETTER FIGHTER.? THE ONLY IVAY WE CAN JUDGE
THEIR RELATIVE MERITS IS TO LOOK AT THEM AT THEIR RESPECTIVE PEAKS..."
W
7Jet'S <3O BACK TO TOLEDO
, OHIO, ON
JULY 4 ISI9. YOUNG JACK
WHEN
DEMPSEY CHALLENGED THE GIANT
245 -POUND HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION,
JESS WILLARD. TIPPING THE SCALES
AT 187, THE CHALLENGER WAS OUT-
WEIGHED BY 58 POUNDS... ''

"/&S 10,000 ROARING PANS LOOKED

OH, THE CHALLENGER BRUSHED ASIDE
THE LONG LETT LEAD OE THE CRAMP
AND SLAMMED HOME A POWER-LADEN
LETT HOOK THAT FORCED BIG JESS
BACK ACROSS THE RING... *
 "
Dempsey's trip-hammer blows drove the
'The 'manassa maulers’ thudding f/sts CHAMPION TO THE CANVAS. WITHIN THIRTY
CRASHED THROUGH WILLARD'S INADEQUATE DEFENSE... SECONDS HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED WHAT NO
OTHER MAN HAD EVER DONE.. .KNOCKED
WILLARD OFF HIS FEET... "

THE GALLANT CHAMPION WAS UP AT THE COUNT WHEW/ I'M TIRING ) LOOK, JACK — THE
OF FIVE , BUT THE BRONZED, LITHE DEMPSEY MYSELF OUT, DOC/ <s. THERMOMETER READS
SHOWED NO MERCY. THE LUMBER/NG WILLARD MY ARMS ARE LIKE \ IIO° IN THE SHADE/
CRASHED TO THE CANVAS FIVE TIMES MORE. EACH
TIME HE BRAVELY DRAG6ED HIMSELF TO HIS
FEET THE SEVENTH KNOCKDOWN FOUND H/M
.
SURE CAN
TAKE
^
LEAD/ THAT WILLARD ) COAST UNTIL. yOU GET
C YOUR STRENGTH
BACK/
HELPLESS AS THE ROUND ENDED. " .

"AS DEMPSEY PURSUED THE

REELING CHAMP IN THE

MOUND
AND DEMPSEY
TWO',
WANING SECONDS OF ROUND
THREE. ", .
.
;
m
RESUMED THE
ATTACK. WILLARD'S
BODY WAS A THROW %
mass OF WELTS IN THE
.AND 8RUISES. TOWEL!
A LEFT, HOOK
SMASHED HIS
NOSE A ,

PILE-DRIVER
RIGHT CRACKED
HIS JAW--'
BUT HE WOULD
NOT GO DOWN.
THEN THE THIRD
.ROUND
FLASHED BY.
DEMPSEY
CONTINUED HIS
RELENTLESS
ATTACK ..."
*/3s THE BELL RANG FOR ROUND FOUR, JESS "then, four years later on the night of
COULD NOT STIR FROM HIS CORNER THE
. SEPTEMBER IF. 19Z3, AT NEW YORK'S POLO
MASSACRE OF TOLEDO WAS OVER. DEMPSEY GROUNDS, 36,000 FANS, WHO PAID * 1,270.000 ,
WAS CHAMPION ** JAMMED THE/P WAY IN TO WATCH DEMPSEY
DEFEND HIS TITLE AGAINST THE 'WILD BULL OF
THE PAMPAS'- LUIS ANGEL f/RPO. THEY DIDN'T
HAVE TO WAIT LONG FOR THEIR ACTIOYv " ,

* DEMPSEY LEAPED AT THE 2/E- POUND ARGENTINE ’[?/RPO BOUNDED UP AND CHARGED THE HARP. TRIM
GIANT AND CONNECTED WITH A TREMENDOUS LEFT 192 -POUND CHAMPION BUT A DEVASTATING FLURRY
.

HOOK TO THE CHIN BEFORE THE ECHO OF THE OF BLOWS MET THIS ONSLAUGHT AND POUNDED
OPENING BELL HAD FADED AWAY. F/RPO CRASHED F/RPO TO HIS KNEES... *
TO THE CANVAS..

“AGAIN F/RPO LEAPED FORWARD. HE * RIPPING AND SNARLING BACK IN "THE' GAME CHALLENGER
SCORED WITH A RIGHT TO THE CHIN. AROSE, HE CHARGED THE
DEMPSEY WENT DOWN... ' CHAMPION AND UNLEASHED
A CYCLONIC FLURRY OF
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. .Four, five, six times firpo poured his z/s ‘DAZED AND BEWILDERED, DEMPSEY CRAWLED
POUNDS OF BRUTE STRENGTH /NTO RIGHT HAND BACK INTO THE RING TO FACE THE REJUVENATED
SMASHES TO THE CHAMP/ON'S HEAD AND BODY. FIRPO ROUND ONE WASN'T OVER YET. "
. . .

THEN AS IF CATAPULTED FROM A CANNON, THE

,

CHAMP/ON ms BLASTED FROM THE RING J”

HE BOBBED AND WEAVED AND LET FIRPO 'S WILD

BLOWS SAIL OVER HIS HEAD. TOWARD THE END OF A THUDDING RIGHT OVER THE HEART. BUT
THE ROUND JACK FLOORED FIRPO WITH A DESPERA A SCORCH/NG LEFT HOOK BY THE CHAMP
*

T/ON PUNCH. BUT IT WAS A TIRED CHAMPION WHO DUMPED FIRPO TO THE DECK ONCE AGAIN.
WENT TO HIS CORNER .. . " | BUT THE CHALLENGER REFUSED TO QUIT..."

"PEMPSEY OIDN'T LET UP. HE BOMBARDED F/RPO "FIRPO LAY THERE FOR SIX SECONDS. AT
WITH EVERYTHING HE HAD- A LEFT SENT THE THE COUNT OF EIGHT HE MADE A FEEBLE
•WILD BULL TO THE CANVAS. "
' . ATTEMPT TO RISE, THEN COLLAPSED TO THE
CANVAS. DEMPSEY 'HAD STORMED BACK FROM
THE BRINK OF DEFEAT TO OVERWHELM HIS
FOE. /S THERE A MAH ALIVE WHO COULD
HAVE BEATEN DEMPSEY THAT NIGHT? "
 On THE NIGHT OF JUNE 20, /936> MAX
SCHMEUNG PUUEO ONE OF BOXING'S
GREATEST UPSETS WHEN HE KNOCKED OUT
JOE LOU/S, THEN THE LEAD/NG CONTENDER
FOR THE CROHN, /N TWELVE ROUNDS AT THE
YANKEE STADIUM

"FOR TWO YEARS JOE TRIED TO GET A

RETURN WITH HERR MAX. FINALLY ON JUNE
22, 1938, LOUIS, WHO HAD SINCE WON THE
TITLE FROM JAMES J. BRADDOCK, GOT HIS
CHANCE. TRIM AT / 98 POUNDS THE BROWN
BOMBER FACED THE DANGEROUS GERMAN
CHALLENGER AT YANKEE STADIUM..."

"AT THE BELL THE CHAMP UNLEASHED A

TWO-F/STED BARRAGE THAT CAUGHT
SCHMELING BY SURPRISE. THE BLACK
UHLAN WAS STAGGERED ..."
 "

"The well - conditioned german, who weighed /n "//^FLASHING R/GHT

AT 193, H/S BEST F/GHT/NG WE/GHT, COULD F/ND DROVE MAX TO THE
NO DEFENSE AGA INST THE DEMON BEFORE HIM. CANVAS ..."
LOUIS DROVE SCHMELING TO THE ROPES AND
CON T/NUED THE A TTACK. .
.

"MAX STRUGGLED TO H/S FEET ONLV TO BE "SCHMEL/NG WAS GAME. UP AGAIN , HE TURNED
DROPPED TWICE MORE BY THE RAMPAG/NG TO FACE LOUIS. THE CHAMP/ON UNFURLED A
FUSILLADE OF BLOWS WHICH SENT SCHMEL/NG

MAX WAS REMOVED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR

R/NGDOM'S SYMBOL OF DEFEAT, CAME FLY/NG OBSERVATION- BUT HIS SHARE OF THE
FROM H/S CORNER REFEREE ARTHUR OONOVAN
.
SI, /SO, OOO PURSE SERVED AS BALM FOR
MOVED IN TO END THE SLAUGHTER. MAX SCHMEL/NG HIS WOUNDS. LOUIS HAD AVENGED HIS ONLY
DEFEAT NOT SINCE TOLEi
.

SAVAGE FURY BEEN

 .

THERE WAS A T/ME BE PORE TH/S WHEN LOUIS AT LAST, FIGHT NIGHT ARRIVED. MAX!E STEPPED
displayed real artistry in the ring, joe was OUT TO FACE LOUIS.
SIGNED TO MEET EX-CHAMP MAX BAER ON MORE THAN 90,000
SEPTEMBER 24 1935. MADCAP MAXJE NEVER
, FANS HAVE PAID
TRAINED SO HARD FOR A BOUT. JACK DEMPSEY 999,944 TO WITNESS
HELPED WHIP HIM 'INTO SHAPE. BAER WAS THIS BOUT. THE LARGEST
CONFIDENT. _ CROWD EVER TO
LOOKIT THEM A\USCLE5 ATTEND A SPORTING
KIDDIES/ NO MAN EVER EVENT HERE IN THE
KNOCKED ME OFF MY YANKEE STADIUM...
FEET, AND LOUIS WON'T
BE ANY EXCEPTION/

UOU/S PR08E0 BAER WITH HIS HARD LEFT- cfoE CONTINUED TO PUMP HIS LEFT— OFTEN
FOUND HIM- EASY TO HIT. MAX SHOWED CALLED THE MOST POWERFUL JAB OF ALL TIME -
DISDAIN FOR THE FEARED BROWN BOMBER INTO MAXIE'S HANDSOME FEATURES..."

‘FhEN, AT JHE BELL BAER UN-

, $N THE SECOND ROUND LOUIS GOT TO MAXIS WITH HIS RIGHT.
LEASHED An attack that drove HE SET HIM UP WITH THE LEFT, AND THEN... ^ nJJff
LOUIS INTO THE. ROPES. .
*
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*$S JOE WAITED FOR THE THIRD ROUND TO 3n ROUND THREE LOUIS BLASTED BAER TO THE
BEGIN . . CANVAS, A FEAT NO MAN HAD EVER ACCOM-
/MAN / THAT BAER. IS THE
>
PLISHED. THE 8ELL SAVED MAX IE "
TOUGHEST GUY 1 EVER MET! HlTTIN
HIM IS LIKE DRIVIN' BRICKS OUT OF
A WALL WITH YOUR BARE FISTS J r

'LOUIS KEPT AFTER THE SCOWLING, GRIMACING, ®NCF MORE A POWERFUL RIGHT SENT BAER
Game baer, in the fourth, it was a THE DECK. AS REFEREE DONOVAN 8ENT OVER,
COMPLE TE ROUT. BAER WAS DEFENSELESS..." BAER SHOOK HIS HEAD. " — . ' (

-rh jL f -JMMt 7 THAT'S ALL ,

11/ imlimK ( donovan / rw >

Ay MJvm through for r
If!
f
WMtm \
V
THE NIGHT! J

THE FOLLOWING MORNING THE

NATION'S BOX/NG WRITERS DOFFED "&HERE YOU HAVE'lT!
THE/R HATS TO THE CONOUERER OF DEMPSEY AND LOUIS AT THE/R
MIGHTY MAX BAER ..." PEAKS COULD THE DEMPSEY
. .

OF TOLEDO HAVE ESCAPED

THE MAGNIFICENT LEFT JAB
OF LOUIS* COULD THE
DEMPSEY WHO STORMED
BACK FROM NEAR DEFEAT
-AT THE HANDS OF FIRPO
HAVE BEATEN THE KILLER.
LOUIS WHO CRUSHED
SCHMEUNG? COULD LOUIS
have Withstood the
SUSTAINED FURY OF AN
Aroused dempsey whose
LEFT HOOK WAS LIKE A
BOOMING CANNON ? WHAT
DO yOU THINK? I'D UKE TO
KNOW. WHY NOT DROP ME
A NOTE, CARE OF:
the EPrroR
BILL STERN'S SPORTS BOOK.
ZtFF-OAV/S PUBLISHING CO.,
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NEW YORK /7„ N. Y.
 'ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES HAD TAKEN FIRST PLACE IN THE
192.8 OLYMPIC BOBSLED CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EUROPE THERE WAS NOT
A SINGLE SLED-RUN IN THE U.S. WHEN THE 'S2 OLYMPIC SITE
WAS AWARDED TO THE U.S. THE OLYMPIC WINTER CARNIVAL
COMMITTEE HASTILY CONSTRUCTED THE MT. VAN MOEVENBERG
BOBSLED RUN AT LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK AT A COST Of MORE
,

THAN S 200,000. THEN, IN JANUARY '34. THE EUROPEAN BOB-

SLED TEAMS ARRIVED AT LAKE PLACID DETERMINED TO AVENGE
THEIR HUMILIATING DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THE AMERICANS. AS OUR
STORY OPENS THE GERMAN TEAM IS PREPARING TO MAKE ITS
KEEP YOUR EYE F'NAtRUN IN THE FOUR-HEAT CONTEST.,
ON THIS GERMAN
TEAM, GUYS! THEY'RE
, THE ONES TO
( BEAT/

•Mown the stRa/ght-a-way into the first " PAST EYR/E, THROUGH HNITEFACE AND ON INTO
,

GENTLE CURVE THUNDERED THE SLED AS THE TREACHEROUS SHADY CORNER, WHERE ONLY EXPERT
BRAKING COULD PREVENT A TRA££gy.
‘

EUROPEAN TEAM JOCKEYED HER DOWN THE . .

ICE. THEN INTO THE DANGEROUS TURN CALLED

EYRIE. "
TRT SOMETHING MUST BE
. , // -
.
f ,,
WRONG WITH THEIR BRAKES;
Brass?; .
•• THEY '/RE t

SKIDDING OVER
TOO EAST' J
"OVER THE EDGE
OF SHADY CORNER
PLUMMETED THE
FLY/NG SLED.
DOWN /TCPASHED
THROUGH THE
TREES AND
POCKS HUPUNO
ITS FOUR
OCCUPANTS
MORE THAU
/OO FEET DOWN
THE ICY
MOUNTAINSIDE.
MIRACULOUSLY.
NO ONE WAS .

KILLED. ALL
WERE BADLY
NJUREP, HOWEVER‘"A
(

"THE FOLLOWING DAY THE If

SWISS, ITALIAN AND \
RUMANIAN ENTRIES MADE
THEIR BIDS. ALL DAY LONG THE SLEDS ROARED DOWN THE M/LE-
AND- A- HALF RUN. THEY THUNDERED UP TO SEVENTY MILES AN
HOUR UNT/L TREACHEROUS SHADY CORNER FORCED THE BRAKES-
MEN TO SLOW THE/R ONRUSH/NG MONSTERS TO 'RESPECTABLE'
CRASH*.." r— — —
SPEEDS. NONE DARED TO R/SK A REPETITION OF THE GERMAN
/ ,
.

7,'

IT'S THE HELMSMAN OF

LAST CAME THE CALL FO'R THE AMERICAN

THE GERMAN SLED
'fj|r
CHAMPS ..." WAIT/ LISTEN TO THAT WENT OVER. SHADY
pLEDDERS . . THE DEFENDING CORNER
.

ME BEFORE YOU
START/ PLEASE/ YESTERDAY/

WILL THE AMERICAN TEAM TAKE ITS POS/T/or

AT TNE STARTING l/Met
*TH£N, 'M/DST W/LP YELUNG AVP SHOUT/NG, THE
QUARTER- TON STEEL THUMPER BOLT WAS OFF„*
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"&/KE SOME BIZARRE FOUR-HEADER

> LET'S tVi COR A RECORD.' WHAT D'VA SAY, GUVS? MONSTER. THE BOBSLED SCREAMED
INTO THE FORBIDDING CURVE CALLED
rr SHADY CORNER THE SKIDDING RUNNERS
.

FOUGHT TO HOLD THE ICE..."

"VhE AMERICAN TEAM HAD

MASTERED THE RUN [THREE
TIMES MORE THEY FLASHED
"Working as one man, they FEARLESSLY DOWN THE SLOPES
FOUGHT THE SLED BACK ONTO OF VAN HOEVENBERG --EACH
THE ICEAGAIN PERFECT TEAiVt- TIME FASTER THAN LAST UNTIL
WORK AND CLEAR THINKING HAD THEY HAD CUT THE T/mE FROM
SAVED THEM. ON THEY FLElN 2M:OO.S2 S TO IMLS6S9S.
TOWARD THE FINAL S-TURN NEVER BEFORE HAD ANYONE
CALLED ZIG-ZAG AND ONCE DRIVEN A BOBSLED WITH SUCH
AGAIN THEY 'THREW AWAY 1 RECKLESS ABANDON, NOR, AT THE
THEIR BRAKES * SAME TIME. WITH SUCH SKILL.
. .
THEY WERE THE MEN OF THE HOUR.
,

THE/R NAMES : B/LLY FISK,

HELMSMAN; JAY OBRIEN AND
TIPPY GRAY. AND THE FOURTH
MEMBER, THE MAN WHO MADE
THE MOMENTOUS
DEC/S/ON TO CAST
Raving conquered shady OFF THE BRAKES
CORNER NOTHING COULD STOP AND TRY FOR THE ,

THE INTREPID AMERICANS. RECORD, WAS NONE I

THEY CAROMED OFF Z!G / OTHER THAN ,

BOUNCED PASS ZAG, AND EPD/E EA&AN,

SAILED CLEAR INTO THE « OLYMPIC BOXING
FINAL STRAIGHT- A- WAY AS
- CHAMPION AND £
THE CROWDS ROARED THE/R LATER CHAIRMAN *
Acctjm...' OF THE N.Y. STATE
ATHLETIC COMMISSION/"
 ,

/ CCjiGREGATE
'
EVERY FALL FOOTBALL FANS
TO DISCUSS THEIR
FAVORITE TOPIC: "WHICH IS
THE BETTER / MORE THRILLING
GAME .PROFESSIONAL OR
. .

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ?" WE'RE

V neutral in this corner
WE'LL LET YOU DECIDE
, \

/ BYbut
THE THRILLS AND
ILLUSTRATING
MERITS OF EACH PHASE OF THE
SAME. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
A COUPLE OF FAMOUS GAMES,
ONE PROFESSIONAL THE OTHER ,

COLLEGE. THE FIRST TOON.

PLACE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, ON
CHRISTMAS EVE, 1950. THE i
CLEVELAND BROWNS FACED
THE LOS ANGELES RAMS FOR
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL
. LEAGUE CHM\PI0NSHIP... A

"IN THE CLEVELAND DRESSING ROOM, COACH PAUL

"Respite
THE 30 MILES
PER. HOUR
DRIVING W/ND,
2 S- DEGREE
TEMPERATURE
AND BLINDING
SNOW STORM ,

A FAITHFUL
CROWD OF
29,000
FANS
TURNED
OUT .

AT HOME,
AROUND
THE
COUNTRY,
MILLIONS
LOOKED IN
ON • THIS
FIRST PRO I

CHAMPIONSHIP
TELECAST
IN HISTORY./:
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"(Cleveland i "ON THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME LOS

kicked off , I ANGELES' WATERFIELD HEAVED A THIRTY-YARD
.AND THE I PASS TO GLENN DAVIS, FORMER ARMY 'TOUCH-
6EEATEST DOWN TWIN |

ARRAY OF
FORMER.
ALL -AMERICANS
EVER SEEN.£.
ON ONE FIAD
WENT INTO
ACTION. SUCH
GREATS AS
bob
WATERFIELD,
GLENN DAV/S,
D/CK HOERNER,
ELROY HIRSCH,
LOU GROZA,
OTTO GRAHAM,
NORM VAN
8ROCKLIN,
MARION MOTLEY,
MAC SPEED/E,
DARRYL PALMER,
DUB JONES
AND TONY
ADAMLE..."
GLENN SCAMPERED £5 YARDS FOR
"
A TOUCHDOWN, AND WATERP/ELD GRAHAM AMD HtS BROWNS THE vANlE t SVAJjfigfe /

KICKED THE EXTRA POINT. W/TH/N STRUCK RIGHT BACK. OJB JOJGS J° V\V Vt'fiSSSk
THIRTY SECONOS THE RAMS HAD A CARRIED OVER A GRAHAM AERIAL A THRILLING
7-0 LEAD ..." | FOR A TOUCHDOWN, AND LOU PASSING DUEL
GROZA'S DEPENDABLE TOE ADDED BETWEEN ImSBk.
7, THE SCORE : 7-7.. C

^ —
OTTO GRAHAM
and bob
WATERPIELD.
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AS THE GAME
\

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F&S&C
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ENTERED
THE THIRD
i\Jf\ JcflHV quarter, j*Pi
UJlW&mBlA GRAHAM HIT
VU DANTE LAVELU 1

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MHaaw!/r n. touchdown V >

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HEAVES. GROZA
FAILED 70 CONVERT
ONE OP THEM
BUT CLEVELAND
WAS OUT IN FRONT, /
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[y^-Ww^Y, A LATER, HOWEVER.

dick hoerner's Jn ^rn.
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^IjEJs sum - AND
T.D. WATER-
FIELD'S KICK cut
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I THE BROWNS' LEAD TO ZO^T4~^
"UNABLE TO CCPt WITH GRAHAM'S AERIAL "A PBW MOMENTS LATER CLEVELAND FULLBACK
ARTISTRY QUARTERBACK WATERF/ELD SENT MARION MOTLEY FUMBLED THE BALL AND LARRY
FULLBACK HOERNER /NTO THE LINE. ON ELEVEN BRINK OF THE RAMS SCOOPED IT UP AND RAN FOR
PLAYS HOERNER LED THE RAMS 7/ YARDS ANOTHER SCORE. THE EXTRA POINT WAS GOOD
DOWNF/ELD TO A ZD. WAfTERF/ELD'S EDUCATED THE RAMS
HAD SCORED TW/CE IN 2/ SECONDS, AND
TOE REGISTERED THE EXTRA POINT RAMS 21,
BROWNS 20 .
11 — ?-• — ——
.

.
NOW LED 28-20..." mjl}
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‘‘Five minutes remained, Aj\d it looked bad

FOR CLEVELAND. TriEN GRAHAM FLIPPED TO
REX BAUMGARDNER FOR ANOTHER 5/X POINTS
GROZA CAME /HRCUGH Th/S T/ME, BUT u
ThE RAMS
CLEVELAND WAS ST/LL ONE PO/NT BEHIND TR/ED TO
•RUN THE
CLOCK OUT’
BY 'FREEZING
THE BALL '

ON WIDE
GROUND
flays.
WATERF/ELD
WAS
CONFIDENT
HIS ONE -
PO/NT
/MARGIN
WOULD
HOLD. THE
CLOCK
TICKED OFF
ITS FINAL
SECONDS. : .

YEAH: IV/TH 68 "GRAHAM HAD EVOLVED A BRIL- "BT WAS FIRST DOWN ON THE RAM 22-
LIANT PLAN. BUT EVERYTHING YARD uNE, BUT THE BALL HAS ALMOST
/ YARDS TO PAY- DEPENDEO ON GETT/NG THE BALL FLUSH AGAINST THE SIDELINE. "
DIRT THERE'S .

LITTLE THEY OOWNF/ELD OU/CKLY. RACING

CAN VO TO IVIN ' AGAINST THE CLOCK HE PASSED
\ ONLY FORTY
AND RAN HIS WAY THROUGH GOT TO NOR
THE RAM DEFENSE. MlDFlELO. SNAP
TIGHT.' THIS IS

"OTTO TOOK THE SNAP-BACK AND RAN LATERAL-

LY ACROSS THE F/ELD UNTIL HE HIT DEAD
CENTER. THEN HE CUT BACK INTO THE DEFENSE
FOR A ONE -YARD GAIN " S/GNA _
“A
TO THE
BENCH
BROUGHT
IN LOU
•THE TOE'
GROZA ,

THE MOST
FABULOUS
FIELD
GOAL
KICKER
INHISTORY
NOW,
GRAHAM'S
STRATEGY
WAS ClEAR
TO ALL. A
HUSh) FELL
OVER THE
HUGE
STADIUM..’:
 .

“THE TOE PIP NOT FAIL , 29, OOO HEARTS

STOOP STILL. HE BROUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT
FORWARD and sent the p/gskin soaring "WATERFIELD
BETWEEN THE GOALPOSTS. WITH ONLY 20 SECONDS TRIED A
TO GO LOS ANGELES TRAILED LONG PASS
28-30..." I
— — /,
'
FMk7~ IN A
DESPERATE
EFFORT
TO PULL
THE GAME
OUT.
BUT THE
BROWNIES
INTERCEPTED
AND THE BALL
NAS IN THEIR
POSSESSION.
THE
G.

"WISCONSIN HAD A POOR RECORD, AND ALTHOUGH

"Otto graham had PURDUE HAD A STRONG TEAM IT COULD GO NO-
COMPLETED 2ZOP 32 WHERE IN THE POWERFUL WESTERN CONFERENCE.
PASSES, POURFOR YET A CAPACITY CROWD WAS ON HAND TO CHEER THE
TOUCHDOWNS. THE BOYS ON.. "
BROWNS HAD WON A
1
YEAH, YEAN, BAOGERS.
CHAMPIONSHIP DUE TO BOILERMAKERS '

PERFECT PLANNING AND S/C 'EM , PUROUE.

GENERALSHIP. NEVER.
FOR A MOMENT DtO A
THEY G/YE UP -NEVERh
D/D THEY LET THE kuT WHAT ABOUT THE
-SPEEDING CLOCK UP-COLLEGE MEN ? LETS GO
SET THEM. THE FIELDBACK TO LAFAYETTE ,
,

GOAL AND TOUCHDOWN INDIANA ON OCTOBER

I ,

DRIVES WERE NO »

FREAKS OP CHANCE, i

AND THE WISCONSIN

BADGERS were set
.

to engage in their
ANNUAL RIVALRY. FOR
\

THREE CONSECUTIVE
1

YEARS tRe boilermakers

i

HAD DEFEATED the

.BADGERS;.." .
.

“FOR THREE FULL QUARTERS THE BO/LERMAkERS THAT'S HOLDIN' 'EM, WHEW/ THESE GUYS
SLASHED AND RIPPED INTO THE BADGER LINE FOR BABY/ PIG IN / < HIT LIKEA TON OF
VEEP GAINS. BUT WHEN THE CHIPS WERE DOWN
THEY COULD NOT SCORE . a -
T
BRICKS/
 "THEN, IN THE FOURTH QUARTER PURDUE'S JOHNNY
,

GAlv/n climaxed a sixty- yard drive when he

SCORED AFTER A 2 4- YARD RUN ThE CONVERSION
.

WAS GOOD. PURDUE FORGED AHEAD.. 7-0. .. *

“ ANDERSON
SWIVEL -
H/PPED
H/S WAY
DOWNFIELD
/N A
BRILLIANT
DISPLAY
OF BROKEN-
FIELD
RUNNING,
AND
CROSSED
THE
WISCONSIN
GOAL
STANDING
UP. THE
ATTEMPTED I

CONVERSION
FAILED, BUT
PURDUE
LED, 13-0 ..."

"BADGER FULLBACK BOBBY RAY RALLIED "THE WISCONSIN LINE SUDDENLY CAME TO LIFE AND
H/S TEAM .
CRUSHED THE PURDUE DEFENSE. IN SIX PLAYS RAY
BROUGHT THE BALL 84 YARDS TO THE ONE -YARD
POINTS BACK, GUYS.' GIVE ME LINE... 1
' / -r—
THE BALL ! I'M TIRED OF BEING J l OUT OF THE WAY, MAC, WE'RE
PUSHED AROUND BY THESE GUYL CONIN' THROUGH!
 /

"There ms no
stopping bobby ray nor the “the teams lined op por the kick-off, and
the badgers sent a long high end-over-
Badgers,now he tore through the boiler-
MAKER Line AND PLUNGED OVER FROM THE ONE .
END TOWARD THE PURDUE BACKF/ELD.

U
W!TH LAST DOWN COMING UP, THE BOILERMAKERS
WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES TO GO THE BO ILER- WENT INTO A OEEP PONT FORMATION. BUT AT THE
MAKER STRATEGY 15 TO RUN THE CLOCK LAST MOMENT. " r~
OUT ! THREE TIMES NOW THEY HAVE RUN THE
. .

BALL IN WIPE-END SWEEPS. THEIR SIX-POINT NO fC/CAC /

MARGIN LOOKS MIGHT V SAFE AS THE HANDS
OF THE CLOCK MOVE
INEXORABLY -2^7^ T'
^ A RUN
/T'S
tVATCN THE ^
ENPS'
FORWARD ... J

" THERE WAS A TERRIFIC P/LE-UP ON THE PURDUE " WISCONSIN QUARTERBACK JOHNNY TENNANT
3E. THE MEASURING CHA/N WAS BROUGHT IN. IF
PURDUE SUCCEEDED /N GAINING A FIRST" DOWN,
THEN THE BADGERS WERE FINISHED. . .
 ,

HEAPS UP, BOYS' THEY CAN ONLY TRY ONE BUT TO THE AMAZEMENT OF ALL JOHNNY TENNANT
,

THING / A PASS PLAY DON'T LET THEM GET GRABBED THE BALL AND RIPPED OVER H/S OWN
BEHIND YOU ! IF NECESSARY LET THEM R/GHT END ..."
COMPLETE IT, BUT DON'T LET THEM GET
BEHIND YOU / THEY’VE ONLY GOT TIME FOR
ONE PLAY/

"AS SOON KRE/CK TOOK THE PASS " THOUGH THE FINAL GUN HAD
",

AS THE AND BOUNDED OVER THE SOUNDED, WISCONSIN WAS

SECONDARY GOAL LINE UNMOLESTED. ENTITLED TO ITS POINT-AFTER-
DRIFTED TO EVEN AS HE STARTED FOR TOUCHDOWN TRY. THE BADGER
ITS LEFT THE GOAL LINE THE FINAL FANS SENT UP A CRY FOR THEJR
TO INTERCEPT GUN WENT OFF PURDUE
. PLACE-KICK SPECIALIST . . .
"|
TENNANT'S
END RUN,
THE
SCRAPPY
QUARTER-
BACK
STOPPED
SHORT AND
LOFTED
A HIGH
PASS
D/AGDNALLY
ACROSS
THE FIELD
TO END
RAY KRE/CK
WHO WAS
STANDING IN
THE FLAT
ZONE
ALONE!'
H
BUT COACH HARRY
STULDREHER, FOR-
MER NOTRE DAME
GREAT, PLAYED A
HUNCH. HE CHOSE
RAMPAGING
BOBBY RAY TO \

KICK...
DESPITE THE
FACT THAT GAGE \

WAS ONE OF
THE BEST KICKERS
IN THE
CONFERENCE. THE
HUNCH PAID OFF.'
RAY SPLIT THE
GOALPOSTS WITH
A KICK THAT WON
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