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...There were more clean winners hit in these two sets than in the three sets at number one. At number three, Crimson sophomore Dong Walter was the first man off the courts, with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over the massive Dinny Phipps. Phipps, a lumbering 250-pounder, couldn't cover the court fast enough, and Walter won without difficulty...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Tennis Varsity Defeats Bulldogs, 6-3 | 5/18/1961 | See Source »

First: the team to watch, and this is only half kidding, is Minnosota. And their big man is going to be a 20 year-old rookie shortstop named Zorro Versalles. What could he neater? Zorro is a tough little 150-pounder who gives the transplaned Twins somebody on which they can at last found an infield. Harmon Killebrow is for real; he proved it last year with 31 homers after a late year start. Jim Lemon can hit for distance, Lennie Green for average, and Bob Allison, who should recover from sophomore slump, for both. Earl Battey is the best...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Zorro To Lead Twins To A.L. Flag | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

Nothing that "there were many bigger boys at GWU and UVa.," Feula said yesterday that he did perceive a strong sense of desire and willingness to work in the boys whom he has met. "Desire's a big word in my book" the sturdy 5 ft., 10 in., 215-pounder said, adding, "With a willingness to work, you can accomplish an awful...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Feula Will Be New Varsity Tackle Coach | 3/9/1961 | See Source »

...only had to carry in the penalty box for four seconds, which is all the time it took Norris to stuff Gerry Jorgenson's pass into the goal. The Tigers brought about their own downfall for the rest of the period when Jim Wadsworth, a birdlike 160-pounder, carved out a three-stitch gash over Beckett's left eye, and a five-minute major penalty for himself...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Sextet Trounces Princeton, 9-2 To Clinch Ivy Hockey Crown | 3/1/1961 | See Source »

...tough Indian police, who hustled them off to prison. At one time India's overburdened detention camps held 20,000 Sikhs. Ketones & Communiqués. Fortnight ago, Sant Fateh Singh decided that even more effort was required to force a grant of separate statehood. A husky 260-pounder, he announced that he was embarking on a "fast unto death," would take water but no food of any kind until New Delhi gave in. By last week the holy man was down to 243 lbs., and daily health bulletins, issued with Jim Hagerty-like detail, were emphasizing the presence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Seeking Sikhs | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

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