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...post time, the co-favorites (at 8-1) were Irish Jumper Shagreen and John Hay ("Jock") Whitney's Arctic Gold, his fifth Grand National entry. But at the fifth jump (a 5-ft. fence) Shagreen tumbled. Arctic Gold, who took the lead at the sixth-treacherous Becher's Brook-came a cropper two jumps later...
...gamble paid off in the most exciting race of the year, as sophomores John McNamara and Ronnie Huebsch, sprinted some side by side in the 50, a foot behind Indian captain Jock McIntyre and three inches ahead of Dartmouth's Blaine Boyden. Harvard's four points in this event, coming after Berke's expected win in the 220-yard freestyle, put the meet very nearly...
...four free-style races will decide the meet. Captain Bob Berke and sophomores Dave Hedberg and Ron Huebach, Don McNamara, and Dick Fugquet will represent the Crimson against the experienced array of Captain Jock McIntyre, Dick Spurgin, Bill McAndrew, Gordy Kay, and Blaine Boyden...
Slot Spots. In Jacksonville, Jock Murray thumbed through 8,000 federal license records and uncovered 627 illegal slot machines in Florida.* The Tribune printed the names of the owners. Other Florida papers (notably Miami's Herald and News'), which had long conducted off & on campaigns against crime, took inspiration from the Tribune and stepped up their crusades. Under pressure, Governor Lansing Warren fired two sheriffs and two constables and warned Florida's police to crack down on gambling...
When one of Tampa's top hoodlums was killed by five slugs from a .38-cal. gun, reporters Jock Murray and Paul Wilder persuaded his angry relatives to tell all they knew. Result: a new series of stories telling how the syndicate worked, who ran it, and how payoffs were made to unnamed local officials. (The evidence was later turned over to the committee.) Then Managing Editor Newton broadened his crusade to the rest of the state...