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...greatest numbers. But Breadbasket sent its band, accompanied by some 600 black teenagers, into Negro areas at 5 a.m. on election day. They raised such a racket that thousands of irate residents awoke?to be told to vote early in the morning. The early black turnout helped clinch a Stokes victory...
Captain Keith Colburn sprinted to victory in the 1000-the meet's third-to-last event-Saturday night to pick up six of the Crimson's points and to clinch a third-place finish for Harvard. Junior Ed Nosal captured six more points for Harvard Friday afternoon in the weight throw, and senior Skip Hare added three to the Crimson total by placing third in the long jump Friday night...
...Terriers care quite a bit about the outcome, and with the possibility of the second NCAA tournament bid hanging on the result, B.U. routed Harvard, 8-2, to clinch third place in the East...
...from the same jewelry shop as the Davis Cup. But don't name it after me. Call it the World Title Cup." By 10:30 last night, Australia had won it. Newcombe, who had beaten Smith on Tuesday night, beat him again, 6-3, 6-3, to clinch the title. And it was a terrible thing for Bud Collins to see the Cup go to the hinterlands. Just before the final point, he had prayed silently in the press gallery...
Harvard's swimmers broke three records and tied another Saturday in the IAB and went on to easily defeat a supposedly tough Penn team, 73-38, and clinch fourth place in the EISL...