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...along a few years before. But by the time the Giants signed him, the ground was well broken for Negroes in the majors. The Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson had been the pioneers, and the New York Giants, by the time Mays signed his contract, had already taken on Hank Thompson, Monte Irvin and a Cuban catcher named Rafael Noble.* Willie Mays was able to meet the test strictly on his merits as a ballplayer...
Other winners for Coach Al Wilson were Joel Cohen, 120 high and 220 low hurdles; Warren Plath, broad jump; Ron Eikenberry, 100 and 220 yard dashes; Dick Wharton, half mile (1:59.8); Tony Giannelly, discus and shot put; Pete Harpel, hammer throw; Frank Weller and Hank Moore, high jump...
Steve Gottleib defeated Jack Buswell in the first singles, 6-0, 6-2. Second man Ben Heckscher won over Bob Smith by the same score. Other singles winners were Cal Place, Doug Gardner, Barry Boehm, Dave Terris, Pete Banks, and Hank Holmes. Gardner and Banks were extended to extra sets before downing their Dartmouth opponents. Ninth singles player, Charlie MacVeigh lost his match after dropping the first...
...first doubles match, Boehm and Gottleib won a close three-set match, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. The third doubles team of Grayson Murphy and Charlie MacVaegh also won. Hank Holmes and Phil Mills lost the second doubles...
Director of the meet Asa Bushnell has announced that a Bulova photo-timer will be used for the meet. It will probably be the final judge in the 100 yard dash, a toss-up among Yale's Hank Thresher, last year's winner; Harvard's Pete Dow; Penn's Alan Kline and John Haines; and Cornell's Larry Lattomus, where the meet record of 9.7 may be broken...