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...probably the toughest match of the season Connie Tyng will be pitted against the West Point ace 155-pounder Stan Thevenet who has not been defeated in two years of dual competition. Captain Don Louria will be in the 165-pound slot while Pete Fuller, also with two pins behind him, will be at heavyweight...
Results of tomorrow's meet, starting at 2 o'clock, will be studied by Ivy League track mentors who remember Harvard's 1942 Heptagonal sweep. The Cadets, of course, have Davis and Blanchard. They also have a 239-pounder named Schultz in the weight-throw, several strong distance runners and hurdlers, and a 3:26.6 mile relay team...
...over Tufts Howle Schless, Crimson 121-pounder, started off the victory parade when he pinned Ron Sawyer of the visitors with a chicken-wing and half nelson in 7:33 of the third period. Captain Donald Louria got the second fall for the Crimson in 1:11 of the first period. Taking his man down with a double wing lock in the opening thirty seconds of the bout, Louria switched to a front arm and headlock to pin his opponent...
...loss of Neal Holt who is out for the rest of the season with a shoulder separation deprives the Crimson of their best 136-pounder and leaves the squad in an impoverished condition as far as lightweights are concerned. Late yesterday afternoon the Crimson lineup was still not definitely determined because of the difficulty of some men to make weight and the absence of others from yesterday's practice...
...presidential motorcade whisked east to Independence, 22 miles away, Harry Truman had only one worry. He was afraid the turkey might have got cold. It hadn't. Piping hot, the bird was a plump 25-pounder, the gift of West Point Cadet Jack Capps, of Liberty, Mo., a grateful Truman appointee who had also supplied the President last year...