Word: divers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Form books take a dim view of local chances for individual honors in the marathon. Aside from Joe Verduer of LaSalle, world champion in the breaststroke, and diver Norm Sper of North Carolina, all the laurels seem destined to fall on the brows of the capable Elis, who will bring up the same group of experts that trampled Crimson hopes last week by a 62-13 tally...
...Drohan, ranking diver who lost only once this year in regular competition, has an outside chance to knock off Sper, a consistent winner ever since his schoolboy days...
Things aren't as black as this might indicate, though. Norris is almost certain to win the 440, as he has already done seven times this year, and diver Tom Drohan, with six firsts and a second in competition so far, is a god but in the dive...
Ozzie has always had an appetite for action. He was the youngest Eagle Scout in New Jersey (and won a trip to Europe with the qualifying merit badge). At Rutgers, he was varsity quarterback, lacrosse letterman, diver on the swimming team, middleweight boxing champion, a fair musician, and a near miss at Phi Beta Kappa. When Rudy Vallee was king of the crooners, Ozzie was a topflight bandleader. Last week, at 41, he was still riding high. His husband-&-wife program (CBS, Fri. 9:30 p.m., E.S.T.) was the best in its category, with a 10.5 Hooperating...
...Drohan, ace diver, should have little trouble capturing tonight's contest, as his opponents finished behind Tech with a pitifully low score. Another Crimson swimmer almost sure to win is Ted Morris, whose mastery of the quarter-mile event has been unchallenged this season...