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There is, of course, more than one way to train for a Davis Cup match. Some ways are just better than others. Australia's defending champions got ready for last week's challenge round by playing in warmup tournaments and running laps. Their Spanish challengers had a different...
Bubas' files bulge with dossiers on rival players-including their personalities (Does he rattle when razzed?) -and he scouts important opponents for weeks ahead of time. Scheduled to play U.C.L.A.'s defending N.C.A.A. champions twice this month, Bubas ordered his varsity to practice against a six-man team...
N.F.L. types made no secret of their amusement. They dubbed the A.F.L. the "Kook League." And when sportswriters suggested a "world series" playoff between the champions of each league, they were referred to the historic crack of Elmer Layden, who served as N.F.L. commissioner during the formation of the ill...
As chairman of the Committee on General Education, John Finley had to contend with what he called "a generation that knew not Joseph." Most of the young Faculty members had arrived after the initial burst of enthusiasm that carried the Gen Ed program through the early 1950's; they were...
In the championship battle, Leverett fell to a strong contigent from Davenport College, 13-6. The Yale champions registered touchdowns in each of the first two quarters, and Steve Ekdahl's 13-yard keeper in the third quarter was not enough to overcome the early deficit. Davenport ground out consistent...