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...upsets. At Lake Forest's Knollwood Country Club last week, even the weather pitched in to ruffle the field. Scores soared on damp, blustery winds. Co-Favorite Ken Venturi, Ward's San Francisco running mate, the man who almost won the Masters, disappeared in the third round. Californian Bob Roos, the ungainly golfer who beat Venturi, lasted only one more round. Hot-handed Sunday golfers blazed for a day or two and faded. The last of them, Des Moines's cigar-chomping Meat Salesman Sargio Fontanini, kept opponents off balance by losing his lit stogie...
...Olympic prospects: Shotputter Parry O'Brien, the rugged, big (6 ft. 3 in., 235 Ibs.) Californian who smashed his own world record this last week with a flip of 61 ft. 4 in.; Dashman Lou Jones of the Second Army, world record holder in the 400 meters at 0:45.4, who was 0.3 sec. off that time last week; Middle-Distance Runner Arnie Sowell, a wisp of a Negro with the delicate legs of a thoroughbred, who set an American record in the 800 meters at 1 :46.7, just a second slower than the worlds record; and, of course...
From this point on, the standard of play degenerated, as tempers flared under the provocation of impartially incompetent refereeing. The Bears scored two more tries, on bulling forward rushes by 240 lb. Don Gilkey and football star Jim Hughes, to register what the Daily Californian called "their second telling blow for western rugby in three days...
...three, Junta definitely possesses the "biggest" game. His experience comes from many years of play on the Californian hard courts where the power service and crushing net game are of prime importance. However, he will have to adjust his game considerably for the collegiate clay court play...
...Garden last week knew just the man to watch. Down there among the "whales" whirling in their 7-ft. circle and heaving the 16-lb., leather-covered shot, Air Force Lieutenant Parry O'Brien showed a style all his own. The hefty (6 ft. 3 in., 235 Ibs.) Californian turned his back to the toeboard, spun completely around before he put the shot with explosive energy. The results were astonishing: 57 ft. 11¾ in. (good enough to win right from the start), then 59 ft. 4½ in. After a momentary lapse with...