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...Columbia English instructor, just turned 31, put himself-and his audience -through the wringer to get his answers. But out they came in time's nick to give him two perfect 21 scores against Challengers John Kieran Jr., 35, son of the Information Please expert, and Dr. Hall Griffith, 57, a writer. The wringer produced stunning oddments of knowledge, e.g., the members of George Washington's first Cabinet...
...tackles are Bide Thomas and Charles Griffith. Thomas, a 6-2, 205 pound strong man, was captain of the '53 freshman team, and is very tough. Griffith, not even listed on the pre-season roster, surprised everyone by making the squad and then by beating out senior Ken Jones. A sophomore, Griffith is 6-2 and 200 pounds even...
...combat it, the Russians permitted burly Nina to go to court to answer the charge of stealing five cheap hats from London's C. & A. Modes, Ltd. (TIME, Sept. 10). "I hope you won't put it against her," the shoplifting athlete's British counsel, Mervyn Griffith-Jones, told the court, "that she failed to surrender earlier." During the four hours of testimony that followed, Nina, wearing the same fawn-colored gabardine in which she was arrested, stoutly insisted that she had paid for the hats, although she could not remember getting a receipt...
...Outmanned, outgunned and outfought, a lame and lackluster collection of American League All-Stars took an embarrassing beating from their National League rivals in Washington's Griffith Stadium, 7-3. With a line-up heavily larded with Cincinnati Redlegs (five of the starting nine), superb pitching by Pittsburgh's Bob Friend and New York's Johnny Antonelli and some acrobatic fielding by St. Louis' Third Baseman Ken Boyer, the National Leaguers led all the way to win their sixth of the last seven games...
Carmen (Andy Griffith; Capitol). The slow-talking star of No Time for Sergeants does one of his wide-eyed explanations, this time of grand opera. The singers, he drawls, are high-priced and have "high roofs to their mouths." As for Carmen, she's "looking at this 'Escamilla' like she was stuck on him, and you can see why ". . . because he's a rale spowart. He lives about as far up town...