Word: pounding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dick Steinzing opened the meet with an 11-7 win in the 123-pound division. George Doub, an outstanding member of last year's freshman squad, held his opponent scoreless in the 130-pound slot for a 5-0 victory. In the same class, Sophomore Bill Smith won 10-0. The Williams squad picked up its three points when Tom Owsley, a sophomore, lost 7-2 to a scrappy 147-pound Ephmen. This weight is usually wrestled by captain John Watkins, who is suffering from an ankle injury. Another Crimson sophomore, Lee Freeman, won a 9-3 decision...
...Houston, 21, Ohio State; 6 ft. 2 in., 216 lbs. Major: education and physical education. Excerpts from pro scouting reports: "Can make it with the pros as offensive or defensive end. Pound for pound, he may be the finest college football player in the country today...
Boulris, a 6 ft., 1 in., 190-pound senior from Springfield, Mass., is the third Harvard player to be selected in the 21-year history of the annual award by the Boston Gridiron Club...
...Loughran and Inspector Bert Smith told him about a "new system." Seligman was simply to pay Loughran "a couple of thousand dollars" to kill the summons. When he protested, an inspector told him: "If you don't pay up, you will have to give 16 ounces to the pound, and you know you can't exist that...
High Navy brass found out the truth of a remark that former Treasury Secretary Humphrey once made about Anderson: "Don't be misled about him just because he doesn't shout and pound the table the way I do. He can be firm as a rock." Shortly after he took over as boss of the Navy, Anderson overruled a promotion board's decision to pass over abrasive Captain Hyman Rickover, nuclear submarine pioneer, for the second and final time (two failures to win promotion to rear admiral meant automatic retirement). Determined to keep Rickover in the Navy...