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Brown scored again in the first quarter when left-end Bill Sudell trapped Harvard's Bri Gregg in his own end zone for a safety. Sudell and his mates on Brown's defensive line thwarted Harvard's ground attack all afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brown Bashes Crimson JVs, 22-7; Air Attack Paves Way for Victory | 10/8/1963 | See Source »

...acquired much of the West's dungaree-clad casualness. The better-heeled riders maintain their own mounts - at $40 to $80 a month for feed and shelter. But most ride horses they do not own. They pay up to $3.50 an hour to canter adventurously over bri dle paths in city parks or $150 a week to rough it in dude ranches from Connecticut to California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: IN THE SADDLE | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

...Peroón government recalled three of its diplomatic representatives from the U.S. last week. They were Heavyweight Boxer César Brión, Lightweight Boxer José Gatica and Gatica's manager, Nicolás Preziosa­all auxiliary consular officers of the 6th grade, attached to the New York consulate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Failure of a Mission | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Like other muscle-minded Argentines before them,* the three athletic attaches had been sent to the U.S. with an official subsidy "to facilitate their sports activities," i.e., win championships for Argentina. But they had failed. Brión lost a listless ten-round bout to fading ex-Champ Joe Louis. Gatica was chilled in two minutes, nine seconds by Lightweight Champ Ike Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Failure of a Mission | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

Gatica, who was already in disfavor with the consulate, got hurry-up orders, and at week's end was back in Argentina. Brión was granted a few weeks' leeway, got an ordinary visitor's visa, and planned to try one more fight before going home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Failure of a Mission | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

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