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Montreal coach Dick Irvin is pessimistic about his team's chances against the Boston Bruins in the final playoff series, which begins tonight in Montreal. The Bruins had little trouble beating the Detroit Red Wings, League champions for five consecutive years, 4 games to 2.
¶At Aintree, an Irish gelding named Early Mist, knocked out of the race last year by a fall at the first jump, managed to clear all 30 barriers, win the 1953 Grand National by 20 lengths. ¶In London, in rowing's most rugged (4½ mi.) race...
¶ In Buffalo, the mile-relay team of Manhattan's Grand Street Boys Club (Olympic Champions Herb McKenley Andy Stanfield, George Rhoden and Mal Whitfield) breezed through their event in 3 min. 14.4 sec., an unofficial indoor record.
Williams' Milward Martin and the Ell's undefeated Kerry Donovan put on the night's best race, in the 100 freestyle. The shorter stockier Donovan went ahead at the start and turns, but on the last 20 yards the faster Martin caught him and just touched the finish line first...
Defending champions in tonight's finals are: Richard Thoman, Yale, 100 backstroke; Donald Sheff, Yale, 100 freestyle; Wayne Moore, Yale, 440 freestyle; Owen Davies, Navy, three-meter dive; Yale (Thomas, Stanton Smith, Sheff), 300 medley relay.