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...pinpoint passing attack gave the Terrapins a quick 14-point lead, and they clung on to win 21-17 over Penn State. Once-beaten Georgia Tech capitalized on three Florida fumbles for a decisive 20-0 victory. In the less bruising Ivy League, Princeton retained the top spot, smothering hapless Brown...
...Ancient (47) Archie Moore was apologetic. "I'm sorry," he said. "It should have been a more classic performance. But this man is a very awkward fighter-it's hard to hit him cleanly." The awkward fighter was hapless Pete Rademacher, 33, who lost to Moore on a T.K.O. after being decked once in the fourth round, five times in the fifth and twice in the sixth. Rademacher, who was K.O.'d by Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson in his first pro bout, had insisted on waiving a rule that requires a bout to be stopped...
...which he concentrates on women, Boroff again paints a gloomy picture. He relates "the hideous portrait of the hungry female': around thirty, with a Ph.D. or close to it, and no husband. She throws parties to which she invites young men in the hope they will come alone... The hapless hostess...almost invariably 'ends up on the floor quite tight, snuggled up to one of these young...
...Ford bounced a foul off his big toe and had to hobble to the showers. In one game alone, the Yankees committed three errors. But injuries and bonehead plays only added a dash of excitement to the dullest World Series in years. Coldly and efficiently, the Yankees butchered the hapless Cincinnati Reds in five games, won their 19th world championship without even working up a sweat. Growled Cincinnati Manager Fred Hutchinson: "We just got the hell kicked...
...construction of a married students' dormitory has received high priority ever since 1956, when President Pusey noted the "hapless situation" of married students in his annual report...