Word: bouting
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Foilsman Eugene Vastola emerged as the hero of Harvard's effort in the 27-bout match, clinching the victory for the Crimson with a crucial 5-4 win in the last duel of the evening...
...that doesn't mean they don't vote for him--as they do in overwhelming numbers. Long's popularity in his home state has survived his serious bout with alcoholism and a nasty divorce--both now over--as well as reports tying him to the crime empire of Carlos Marcello. One Louisiana mafia henchman admitted a few years ago to having carried money from Marcello to Long; others in the mob there take credit for using Marcello and Teamsters money to buy seven Senate votes to help elect Long Senate Whip in 1965. The Senator, it should also be noted...
This display was neither as effective nor as devestating as the one unleashed by Ali in his ferocious fifteenth round against Earnie Shavers in their September title bout. Yet the judges were convinced and Norton won the round...
...judges still told the referee to raise the wrong arm at the end of the bout. Young should have been declared the victor and Norton the vanquished...
...prognosticators of pugilism do not even rate the bout as a toss-up. Ali has never solved Norton's unorthodox style and an older and heavier Ali may be sent to sing with Joe Frazier after the fight...