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...anchorman, John (What's My Line?) Daly, made a virtue out of his chain's relative poverty (less gadgetry, smaller staff) by sticking with the action on the platform while the other webs cast about for sideshow pickups. Daly was the only anchorman who could actually see the convention from his box (the others watched it over monitor screens). ABC highlight: bulldogging Martin Agronsky corralling top delegates for debate, and consistently managing to make sense out of them...
...their last encounter, the relay determined the winner. But this time, the pressure was on Dartmouth; it had to win to tie. However, the Crimson's Bob Weil opened up a 20-yard lead on his lead-off lead; Jim Cairns, French Anderson, and anchorman Dick Wharton all increased the lead to win going away...
Cohen will anchor the shuttle hurdle team to Carter, Art Martin, and Robertson. McCurdy will probably enter his top mile relay of Robertson Jim Cairns or Al Wills, French Anderson, and anchorman Dick Wharton. Morris, Williams, Reider, and Wilson will form the two-mil relay and Mayo, Carter, Greer, and Bruck will...
Superior Crimson baton passing spelled the diference in the mile-relay, the closest race of the meet. Anderson, leading off, passed to second man Al Wills even with Bob Scobey of Yale. Wills handed third man Mike Robertson a three yard lead, and Robertson gave anchorman Wharton six yeard on Cornell's Ingley. Both Cornell and Army passed Wharton to put him six yards behind at the gun lap. Increasing the pace, he passed the Army runner, reached the final corner at Ingley's shoulder, and outsprinted him to the tape, winning 18 inches...
Dartmouth's Doug Brew ran a torrid anchor leg as both the Indians and Army outran the Crimson two-mile relay team. Cairns tired by his 1000 effort barely held a 30 yard lead given him by Dick Norris and Otis Gates. Anchorman Bill Morris could do no better than third...