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Crimson sophomore Doug Hardin, who won handily and surprisingly Friday will face a tough duel with Northeastern's sophomore flash Bob Bruen. Bruen whipped Hardin as a freshman...
...Massachusetts Democratic Convention endorsed former Governor Endicott ("Chub") Peabody for Senator and former State Attorney General Edward McCormack for Governor in the September primary. Peabody, who won the convention but lost the primary two years ago, while he was still Governor, now faces a bitter duel with Boston's Mayor John Collins, who angrily claimed that he had been "jobbed" by party leaders. McCormack, nephew of U.S. House Speaker John McCormack, faces an easier race against former J.F.K. Aide Kenneth O'Donnell. Chief gainers from the Democratic infighting: Attorney General Edward Brooke, all-but-certain G.O.P. nominee...
...defeat (he had witnessed the decline of both Bismarck and the Kaiser). When the Gestapo released him during the Götterdämmerung of the Allied advance, Adenauer trekked circuitously through the flooded Rhineland to his home at Rhöndorf, then sat out a vicious artillery duel between U.S. troops at the Remagen bridgehead and Wehrmacht gunners who were dug in directly behind his house. Walking in his garden one Sunday, Adenauer came under fire. "About 300 yards away, I saw a shell hurtling towards me," he writes. "I could gauge distances fairly well, because I knew...
...Maryland-Villanova duel should be as close as any the IC4A's have seen. The Terps have strength in the field events with Frank Costello, the only 7-foot high jumper in the field, three 15-foot pole vaulters, two javelin throwers who have hit 225 feet, and two 23-foot broad jumpers. They also have Lee in the sprints...
...vestiges of the expected pitcher's duel were wiped out by Harvard's six-run second inning. The Crimson didn't exactly ripple with power, but took advantage of a series of Husky fielding lapses...