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Narratives told by Hurricane Katrina survivors to fellow survivors in the wake of the disaster share some signal traits with belief legends as understood by Linda Dégh and Max Lüthi, as well as with hero legends as described by Wilhelm Grimm and exemplified in such ancient epics as Gilgamesh and The Iliad. Echoing contemporary belief legends, survivor narratives project a sense of purgatorial endlessness through which the overwhelming power of the storm continues unabated and the survivors remain helpless victims. At the same time, echoing legends through which godlike heroes unlearn divinity, survivor narrators depict themselves as disappearing heroes: refusing to acknowledge their own courageous acts, they identify heroism in their fellow survivors and, in the process, meld their individual identities with that of the surrounding community. In the resultant hybrid story-world, individuals gain strength only by surrendering it and can keep only what they give away. The legendary hero ultimately dissolves into the surrounding community.

When [Ross] retired from boxing in 1938, I was 4. But a decade later, we adolescent sharpies were still imitating his fancy footwork, shadowboxing on Albany Park street corners. We endlessly debated whether Ross would have left the ring a winner, not a thoroughly beaten loser, if he'd been in his prime when he fought his final opponent, Henry Armstrong. I myself was beaten by gentile boys several times. In that era, theological differences were debated with fists. Getting up from a thrashing, I'd take solace in softly mumbling Ross' retort to a reporter asking why he went the distance with Armstrong when the fight was obviously lost. Ross was already boxing before his father's murder, but afterward he was driven by new incentive: to get the money to put his family back together. It was the golden age of Jewish fighters, who saw the sport as a route out of poverty, much as blacks and Latinos would later. Ross was billed as \"The Pride of the Ghetto.\" Among the other such were Benny Leonard, \"Slapsie\" Maxie Rosenbloom, Jackie Fields, King \"Kingfish\" Levinsky and Lew Tendler. Some Jewish boxers wore Stars of David on their trunks. Ross limited himself to having the stadium organist play the tear-jerker pop song \"My Yiddishe Momme\" as he entered the ring. Retiring after the Armstrong fight, Ross was at a loss for what to do. He opened the Barney Ross Cocktail Lounge in the Loop, holding court and playing piano. Like the protagonist in \"Golden Boy,\" he was an accomplished musician. His marriage broke up, and he married a showgirl. During World War II, he enlisted in the Marines at age 33. \"'He figured, what the hell, I'll go out fighting,\"' Ross' brother [George] told Century. Fight he did, winning a Silver Star on Guadalcanal in 1942. Cut off by the Japanese, he single- handedly held the enemy off, saving fellow Marines' lives. Badly wounded, he got hooked on narcotics that he had been given to deaden the pain, making a nightmare of his post-war life. Ross died in 1967.

On Oct. 29, 1937, he won the world featherweight (126-pound) crown by knocking out Pete Sarron in the sixth round. On May 31, 1938, he became the welterweight (147-pound) champion by winning a 15-round decision from Barney Ross at Long Island City. And on Aug. 17, 1938, a pared-down [Henry Armstrong] picked up the lightweight (135-pound) championship with a 15-round decision over Lou Ambers before a crowd of 19,216 at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Armstrong fought for four more years, but never again for a championship. His final listings in ''The Ring Record Book'' show 152 victories in 181 bouts, with 100 knockouts and purses of more than $1 million. After retiring, Mr. Armstrong caroused for a few years until he was ordained as a Baptist minister in Los Angeles. He spent most of the rest of his life as an evangelist and as head of the Henry Armstrong Youth Foundation, which he founded in the 1950's to combat juvenile delinquency. In 1956, he published an autobiography, ''Gloves, Glory and God.''

Regarding Henry Armstrong's March 21 Editorial Feedback comments (\"Awful, and awfully late\"), I do not...

Henry Armstrong is sharing managerial responsibilities along with Martin Armstrong and Mickey Dornan - and they are determined to not be the nearly men this time. That will help and [ROSARIO] will certainly benefit from the coaching of former Linfield star Tommy McDonald who is at Rosario this year, hoping to make the weight of experience count. Even if success doesn't arrive for Rosario again this term, Henry believes there is still a lot of time for the squad to realise their potential.

Just over two weeks remain in the Kentucky high school baseball season. Others in Consideration: Trent Abner, South Laurel; Austin Adams, Murray; Seth Adams, Knott County Central; Kyle Adkins, East Ridge; Blaine Alvey, Union County; Joseph Anthony, Grayson County; Chase Armstrong, Henry Clay; Izajah Armstrong, Moore; Alec Bahnick, Owensboro Catholic; Logan Bailey, Collins; Ryan Barrass, Western Hills; Zach Bartley, Morgan County; Jared Barton, Williamsburg; Blake Beamer, Butler; Rhodes Bell, Danville; J.R. Belt, Southern; Josh Berger, Simon Kenton; Trevor Bezold, Bishop Brossart; Donnie Bowlin, Williamsburg; Ray Brewer, Sayre; Kambron Bruner,Shelby County; Tyler Burns Deming; Marcus Carson, North Laurel; Dustin Cartas, Logan County; Chris Cervantes, Collins; Justin Cessna, Henderson County; Nathan Clemons, Grayson County; Nate Clifton, Collins; Dexter Cline, Greenwood; Jack Coleman, Lone Oak; Tyler Conley, Morgan County; Corey Corum, Clay County; Dustin Cottrell, Walton-Verona; Tyler Coulter, Washington County; Ryan Cox, Breathitt County; A.J.\\n