1) This actor had a brief term as a boxer and billed himself as "Packy East."
2) What was the name of the plane Charles Lindbergh piloted in his famous 1927 solo flight from New York to Paris?
3) This major-league pitcher, a noted knuckleballer, once struck out 5 batters in 1 inning.
4) Sarah Connor is a character in this movie franchise.
Answers:
1) Born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, England, Hope's family emigrated to Northeast Ohio in 1906. From The Cleveland Plain Dealer:
"Looking for a more masculine-sounding name than Leslie, he changed his named officially to Lester in 1920...Able to dance on canvas as well as hardwood, he tried amateur boxing under the name Packy East. Hope selected it because he thought it sounded tough and because there was a local boxer named Packy West. He used it for the first time, and almost the last, at an annual Golden Gloves tournament sponsored by The Plain Dealer.
'I had three fights," he said. 'I won two and got beaten so badly in the third that I gave up.'"
In the Eisenhower era, Hope boxed for charity in a fight with Jack Dempsey, which was held in Madison Square.
2) The Spirit of St. Louis
3) Joe Niekro
4) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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