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¶ In Manhattan, FBIman Horace Ashenfelter, Olympic steeplechase champion and 1952 Sullivan Award winner, added the national A.A.U. three-mile title to his trophies. Running against Germany's Herbert Schade, close-up finisher behind Czech Emil Zatopek in the Olympic 5,000-meter run, Ashenfelter won by 95 yds...
Sporting a two and one record, the fencers will meet Army, Navy, Princeton, and Yale in the round-robin affair. The West Pointers, defending champions in the tourney, already hold a victory over the Crimson. The three other schools are also expected to enter strong teams.
Italy was the pleasantest stop. Premier Alcide de Gasperi, one of the most zealous champions of European unification, virtually guaranteed that Italy would approve the European defense treaty.
Nathanson the top skipper in New England, will automatically become captain of the varsity sailing team, defending national champions.
Also pictured on the following page are other 1952 bests-of-breed, most of whom will defend their blue-ribbon titles during the two-day Westminster show. Pointing eagerly toward this year's best-in-show award is the wire-haired fox terrier, four-year-old Ch. Wyretex Wyns...