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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...teams will be competing for the Greenman Trophy, awarded annually to the winner of Big Three triangulars. Harvard is the defending champion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Famed Participants Will Return to Attend Debate's Anniversary | 5/5/1959 | See Source »

...Neither fighter was ever in serious trouble during the dull, jab-filled fight in St. Louis' Kiel Auditorium, but Welterweight Champion Don Jordan, 24, did a workmanlike job of piling up points, staved off the bull-like rushes of former Titleholder Virgil Akins, retained his title by unanimous decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 4, 1959 | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...Burly Mike Souchak, onetime Duke University end, fired a brilliant 6-under-par 66 in the first round, kept the pressure on, posted a two-stroke victory in the $46,620 Tournament of Champions at Las Vegas, Nev. Runner-up: Masters Champion Art Wall Jr., who faded on the final nine holes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 4, 1959 | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

INDIANAPOLIS, April 30--Floyd Patterson will defend his world heavyweight boxing title tomorrow against England's Brian London, a sturdy "tuneup" foe for the champion's June date with Ingemar Johannsson. The match will take place here...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Patterson Will Defend Title Against London | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

...still be able to win the Eastern Rugby Union title. Dartmouth, undefeated to date, has two very tough games remaining with the New York Rugby Club and Amherst, both of whom are quite capable of defeating the Indians. If New York, also undefeated, should end up the league champion, it most likely would not journey to California for the East West playoffs, as it is not a college team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby to Challenge Tigers | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

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