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...slim, tense 24-year-old makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall with the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor. The conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, takes the tempo slowly, deliberately. Horowitz's fingers are like coiled springs of Russian steel; they tear with trip-hammer speed and force across the keys, and in the last movement he arrives at the end four measures ahead of the orchestra. The audience roars its affection for the impatient pianist; it is the beginning of a lifelong affair. Even the crusty Beecham cracks a smile. Paderewski calls Horowitz the best...
...pole vaulter, may be the only Princetonian to snag a first place in the field events. Dave Bell was the Crimson's best against Brown with a good chance to run his victory total to an incredible six in two meets. He will compete in the shot put, hammer throw, and discus...
...Dead as a Hammer." In fact, the National Committee has no power to read a state out of the party. Even if it did, the G.O.P. is in no condition to afford another internecine conflict. National Chairman Ray Bliss, who was put into office to promote unity, is as conscious of the racial problem as the liberals, and has been quietly attempting to solve it. Bliss pushed for the recent appointment of Clarke Reed, a relatively moderate Mississippian, to replace racist Wirt Yerger as state party chairman. "The race issue," Reed is telling G.O.P. candidates, "is dead as a hammer...
...come a good indoor track team doesn't necessarily perform well outdoors? To begin with, there are six more events (discus, javelin, hammer, triple jump, 440-yard hurdles, and sprint relay) on the outdoor card, and in only one of these does Harvard have blue-chip points...
...what's the problem? To begin with, all those other events that have been added since the indoor season are something else. Last year's captain. Art Croasdale, threw the hammer in the vicinity of 200 feet. There's no one on this year's team who has passed 150 feet. Sophomores Ron Wilson and Bob Brooks will represent Harvard here...