Milestones, Apr. 27, 1953

Born. To Philip H. Willkie, 33 (son of the late Wendell Willkie), Republican member of the Indiana state legislature, and Rosalie Heffelfinger Willkie, 24, daughter of Grain Millionaire F. Peavey Heffelfinger: their second child, second son; in Indianapolis. Name: Sleeth Heffelfinger. Weight: 9 Ibs. 4 oz.

Married. Ann Ruml, Vassar-educated daughter of Tax Economist Beardsley (“pay as you go”) Ruml; and Lieut. Colonel (of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) John R. Innes Doyle, nephew of the late Sir Arthur Conan (Sherlock Holmes) Doyle; in the British embassy, Paris.

Married. Glenn Davis, 28, All-America halfback (“Mr. Outside”) of West Point’s undefeated 1944-46 teams, now a Houston oil executive; and Mrs. Ellen Slack, 31, pretty World War II widow; in Shreveport, La., the day after Davis received word of his final divorce decree from up & coming Cinemactress Terry (Come Back, Little Sheba) Moore.

Divorced. Fred Perry, 46, British-born ex-world champion tennist (amateur and professional), now the pro at Florida’s Boca Raton Club; by his third wife, Lorraine Perry, 44, after six years of marriage, no children; in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Died. Frederick Lawrence Green, 51, English novelist (A Flask for the Journey, The Magician) best known for his account of back-alley Irish nationalism in Odd Man Out (which became a hit movie); in Bristol, England.

Died. David Louis Behncke, 55, old-time pilot, founder and longtime (1931-51) president of the powerful, 7,000-member Air Line Pilots’ Association (A.F.L.) ; of a heart attack; in Chicago.

Died. Charles R. Knight, 78, painter-sculptor of prehistoric animals and Stone Age men; in Manhattan.

Died. Thomas Joseph (“Sailor Tom”) Sharkey,* 79, boxing great of the 1890s, always a contender, but never a champion ; of a heart disease; in San Francisco. Barrel-chested Tom Sharkey left his native Ireland at twelve to go to sea, knocked out 39 opponents in 54 fights, yet lost his crucial bouts with Heavyweight Champions Jim Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons and “Gentleman Jim” Corbett. He came closest to the title in 1899 when he battled Jeffries at Coney Island for 25 rib-cracking rounds under a broiling bank of 400 arc lights (for an early attempt at indoor movies). After running a famous bar on Manhattan’s 14th Street, he drifted to the West Coast, died a pauper.

*No kin to his namesake, former (1932-33) Heavyweight Champion Jack Sharkey (born Josef Paul Cuckoschay).