Word: finalist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tournament, Australia's two precocious youngsters displayed the all-court attacks and canny tactics of veterans. They were not even tested until they tried to reach the quarter-final round against two of the U.S.'s best, Vic Seixas, the U.S.'s No. i and a finalist a year ago, and Art Larsen, third U.S. seeded and 1950 champion...
...Louisville final last week, Jim Turnesa met Melvin ("Chick") Harbert, 37, a slam-bang hitter who had also failed as a P.G.A. finalist (against Jim Ferrier in 1947). Harbert's booming drives consistently outdistanced Turnesa in the morning 18 holes. At the lunchtime break, Turnesa, after getting in and out of five traps, was three holes down to Harbert's 2-under-par 70. Turnesa, as spunky as he is chunky (5 ft. 6 in., 155 Ibs.), refused to give up. Not until the 32nd hole of the scheduled 36-hole final did Jim Turnesa even the match...
Second place to Higgins in the singles was the other finalist, Jay Hathaway of Holworthy. Collins and Cooke defeated the Weld North entry of Sonny Woodman and Bob Bruckner...
...varsity 2000 meter final, Harvard trailed Navy by two lengths and was also a quarter of a length behind Wisconsin, which crossed the finish line in the place position. Cornell, the other finalist, was fourth...
Sprinter Dave Hedberg was the only Harvard finalist in the second day of N.C.A.A. swimming last night, as Ohio State picked up 51 points to Yale's 42 toward the team championship...