Word: matches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...closely-contested match, the varsity wrestling team dropped a heart-breaking 14-12 decision to Princeton Saturday at the I.A.B...
...former varsity captain did not give an inch under Salaun's expertly applied pressure, and took the match with a perfectly executed backhand corner shot at match point in the fifth game. In this game Hechscher appeared to be on his way to an easy win, as he took a quick 10-4 lead. But at this point the remarkable Salaun, tired and hampered by an injury, came back to win four points in a row, and after Heckscher duplicated this feat to make the score 14-8, he pulled out five straight match points to make the score...
...emphasis of the spectacular over the useful--paving the streets of Kabul is better and more immediate propaganda, if poorer economics, than building a dam. Faced with a declaration of "war" in the economic field, the United States may either punish those who treat with the enemy or match the enemy's offers. But neither course is really practicable, for one smacks of "strings attached" aid and the other prevents any systematic long-range planning...
...lone pin of the afternoon, which turned out to be the decisive factor, was scored by Princeton captain Bill Macaleer--perhaps the best wrestler to visit the I.A.B this year--over King Holmes with just 18 seconds remaining in the match. Dave Skeels, John Watkins and Tom Hill all dropped decisions to their Tiger opponents...
Unexpected Trouble. Johnson, an Englishman who is a teaching pro at the Racquet Club underrated his amateur opponent ("I didn't think he'd give me any trouble"). But in last week's match Johnson found Knox's "bloody bobbly little serve" difficult to return. Knox was deadly in putting the ball into the dedans and grille, often hitting the tambour, a jutting buttress off which the ball caroms almost parallel to the net. In three days' play, he ran through Johnson seven sets to two, became the first amateur to win the world open...