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THEY SAID IT
May 10, 1965
?Jackie Lennon, bartender-boxer, after losing a fight with the oldtime great, Willie Pep: "At least I can always tell people I once fought Willie Pep."
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May 10, 1965

They Said It

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?Jackie Lennon, bartender-boxer, after losing a fight with the oldtime great, Willie Pep: "At least I can always tell people I once fought Willie Pep."

? Chub Feeney, San Francisco Giants' vice-president, on one of the team's stars: "That guy is so dumb he can't take a shower and sing at the same time."

?Joe Notter, who won the 1915 Kentucky Derby on Regret, after traveling to Louisville by airplane: "Regret ran smoother than that contraption."

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