Word: mat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ellsworth Haggerty '27 set a new Harvard-Yale record in the BAA meet and the team put on a superb performance in downing Dartmouth and Cornell. Wrestler Henry R. Wood--now in the 158 pound class--starred for the mat squad, as did Herbert Rawlins, Jr. for the squash team. The latter went on the win the University championship. And all athletes were happy when the College announced that Fisher would continue as head football coach...
...school Japanese, Araki is so polite that he finds it almost impossible to finish 18 holes of golf in a day because he keeps asking others to pass him. He wears a kimono at home and prefers to sleep on a straw mat on the floor. To cook for him and act as his official hostess (he is a widower), the new ambassador brought along his 20-year-old daughter Tomiko, a shy, pretty girl who speaks little English, prefers Western dress. Tomiko is due for some surprises: she prepared herself for her trip to the U.S. by plowing determinedly...
Dodd was spirited away to some hideaway inside the compound. It was equipped with a straw mat, a built-in bunk, even a vase of flowers. The Reds showed at once that they had not only planned the coup carefully in advance but counted on its success. Within minutes of Dodd's abduction, they began displaying large banners: "We captured General Dodd. If our problems are resolved, his security is guaranteed. If there is brutal act or shooting, his life is in danger...
...Crimson wrestlers finished 12th in a field of 16, with the three points contributed by Lee. Penn State's mat powerhouse rolled up 33 points to annex its second consecutive E.I.W.A. team title. The Nittany Lions advanced six men into the semi-finals, and four into the finals, with three of them gaining individual titles...
...other entries represent the East's top squads. Crimson wrestlers have met four of these teams--Yale, Brown, Columbia, and Army--each time they were defeated fairly decisively. Among the other squads are Princeton, Rutgers, Lehigh, and Syracuse who consistently produce strong mat teams...