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Willie Pep Back on Shelf Because of Old Eye Injury NEW BRITAIN, Conn., May 23 UP . Willie Peps comeback attempt went on the shelf today for three or four months because of a reopening of an old cut over his right eye. The former featherweight champion from Hartford had the scar tissue over the eye. re-injured Wednesday night in Miami Beach when he bumped heads with Claude Hammond of North Bergen, N. J., in their 10-round bout. Pep went on to win the decision, his fourth straight since losing his crown to Sandy Saddler. Pep returned to Connecticut by "plane last night and will undergo an operation on the eye here by Dr. Bliss Clarke.
