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Holy Cross is not expected to challenge the Crimson's overall power. The only weak spot in the Crimson's lineup currently appears to be in the javelin throw, where Coach Bill McCarthy has not been able to come up with a winning man. The rest of the field events have looked stronger recently with Bob Curran looking especially good in the hammer...
Brown won only the mile run, with a slow 4:41.8 time by Bud Molineaux, and the javelin...
Golfers in Beaumont, Texas were not surprised last week when home-town girl Babe Didrikson Zaharias, 39, won the Babe Zaharias Open, the local tournament named in her honor. The greatest woman athlete of the half century, Babe was an all-America basketball player, star of the 1932 Olympics (javelin, 80-meter hurdles, high jump), winner of all amateur golf titles and queen of the lady professionals. After the Beaumont tournament, Babe entered a hospital for a checkup, and doctors ordered her prepared for surgery. Medical diagnosis: a rectal malignancy. Athletic prognosis: the end of a fabulous career...
...weight events also present a big problem. Art Siler and Red Snodgrass can put the shot only a little over 40 feet, which probably won't be good enough outdoors. The discus event is in fair shape, with Art Siler and Bob Morrison both around 130 feet. The javelin is the biggest problem, since Pete Morrison, capable of throwing 170 feet, will not be out this spring. The hammer, so far, is being handled by Win Smith and Bob Keith, but both boys need a lot of practice...
...even in the garden there was competition. "I know I can't make my flowers grow any faster," she said, "but I want them to be the prettiest and the healthiest."^ In line with her determination to be a "grownup married woman and not a 14-year-old javelin thrower," she concentrated on golf hoping that some of its gentler graces would rub off on her. Some...