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Carroll Binder, chief editorial writer of the Minneapolis Tribune, writing in the American Mercury, declared that "possession of a Pulitzer Prize does not guarantee that the holder is among the best [newspapermen]. Nor is the lack of a Pulitzer Prize evidence that a veteran newspaperman is not among the most capable or fearless." Binder put the blame for bad choices on the 13-man Pulitzer advisory board, mostly publishing executives of big newspapers. (The board meets annually at the April convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association...
Yardling Gene Sterrett's one-point edge over defending champion Russ Bath in the 140-pound class was one of the evening's upsets, while Joe Vera, 135-pound House title-holder, added University laurels to his crown by taking Jack Dwyor by decision...
Died. Robert Kronfeld, 43, top-ranking international glider expert; in a glider crash; in Alton, Hampshire, England. Holder of early sailplane records, Vienna-born Kronfeld helped plan many of wartime Britain's airborne operations...
Cool Jon Spivak has developed over night into what Jaakko has been looking for in the dashes for the past five years. Under the guidance of University 220 record-holder Doug Pirnie, who now coaches the Freshmen and helps out with the Varsity sprinters, Spivak should get even better...
...Tigers are securely holding down last place in the misnamed four-team conference, following two losses to Dartmouth, the perennial league title-holder. But that's nothing to be ashamed...