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But though oft-repeated is the tale, the success stories which have waded through the snags of time are often refreshing, and such is the case of varsity swimmer Forbes H. Norris, Jr.'49.
Norris, by the vote of the American Athletic Association last Saturday night in Omaha, Nebraska, is now the national long distance swimming champion of the United States. Some half dozen years age he was limping about in a cast in Richmond, Vs., with medical opinion divided on whether he would...
No division of opinion prevailed among the judges at Williams Lake, New York, last August, as Norris led the field of the best long distance performers on the continent in 1500 meters. A light wind made the water choppy, but the powerful armstroke developed in the Indoor Athletic Building tank...
Coach Hal Ulen has a knack of sifting talent in unpromising disguises. Before Forbes "Ted" Norris ever stepped into the shallow pool for a splash, Ulen had fashioned a two-year high scorer in '39 and '40 out of Eric Cutler, a victim of polio taking the aquatic form of...
Last week, the U.S. and Mexican Governments heeded the campesino's wails. Henceforth only infected animals would be killed. Exposed animals would not have to be sent to market. To curb the disease's spread, the campaigners would rely on strict quarantine and vaccination. Said U.S. Agriculture Under...