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Bright spot for the Crimson was the fine pin victory turned in by Captain Johnny Lee at 130 over the Cadets' Clark Ben, after Army Captain Bob Karns had pinned Al Muggia in the opener at 123 pounds. Cadet Pete Fikaris sent West Point ahead with a close decision victory over Frank Dewar in the 137-pound match. Bud Adams put the home team back into the meet, tying it up 8-8 by decisioning Jim Karns, brother of the Army captain...
Cincinnati last week showed the U.S. how to put on a new opera in English for operatic pin money. With a budget of $9,000 (mostly for sets, etc.) and a cast of home-town talent, townsmen rolled up their sleeves and mounted a three-acter by U.S. Composer Vittorio Giannini, based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew...
Biggest disappointment of the night came for sophomore Ken Culbert, who was defeated in the first round by ex-Crimson star Pete Fuller. Culvert was the victim of a "quick pin," a peculiarity of the Olympic wrestling rules in which a pin is scored the instant the shoulders are on the mat. Until almost the end of the medal at 157. The other winners for the fought his opponent on even terms. Fuller was hurt in this match, and had to withdraw from the meet...
Evangelist Billy Graham returned from Korea with the news that he had discovered a new breed of G.I. Said he: "I never once saw a pin-up picture. But I saw hundreds of Bibles...
Chick Chandler at 167 and Ken Culbert at 177 scored Harvard's two pin victories. Chandler pinned Gordon of Williams in 4:58, and Culbert thumped the Ephmen's Murphy in 7:35. In the 157 pound match, Harvard's Bud Adams won the closest contest of the day, a 2-0 decision over Bill Gemill of Williams...