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Ulen's fears are based on three Springfield aces, who may force the Crimson coach to tip his hand. One Gymnast, Jack Mayers, seems assured of two first places. He has swam the second fastest 120-yard individual medley in the country this year, 1:00.1. The Crimson's Dave Hawkins is not expected to match this...
...number one singles man, Ed Newton, while Captain John Rauh was losing but two in each set to Jack Veile in the second match. The next six Crimson singles players--Alex Haegler, rooks Harris, Gene Mann, Donn Spencer, Don Bossart, and Herb Stone--triumphed with equal facility. Their Gymnast opponents were Gil Anderson, Jack Hopkins, Hal Greig, Irv Wilkinson, Charles McCord, and Mal Early, in their order...
Following their regimen, the Swedes ate nothing for four hours before the meet. Explained Coach Erik Linden, 46, known as the father of modern Swedish gymnastics: "A starving dog hunts better." Linden believes that a good gymnast "must work harder than a ballet dancer, though he must have the same natural gifts-a supple body, good balance and above all a sense of rytm [rhythm]." The hungry Swedes, full of rytm, won five of the six events. Star of the show: Swedish Cham pion Borje Stattin, 23, a typographer by trade...
Captain Chick Chandler edged out a 2 to 1 win over his Gymnast counterpart, and 177-pound Ken Culbert, pinning for the fifth time this season, clamped on an early third period cradle which moved the Crimson within four points of Springfield...
Hoax or not, Gymnast Browning, who is the National A.A.U. tumbling champion, was busy practicing tumbling jumps off one foot last week. Said he: "I'm determined to show them it can be done...