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...game will pit the offensive prowess of the Middies, who walloped Pittsburgh, 108 to 73, earlier this week against the tight defensive play of the crimson, which currently leads the East in that department. If the varsity is able to hold Navy, it should be able to stop anybody, for tonight's opponent may well be its toughest of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Quintet Favored to Top Varsity Five In I.A.B. Test Tonight | 2/6/1954 | See Source »

Next summer will probably include exhibitions in Australia and maybe summer school for Chem 20. And Cambridge will get a look at Tenley's skating prowess when she appears in the Boston Skating Club's Ice Chips Show in April...

Author: By Joanna M. Shaw, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...virtually all Arabia with its 6,000,000 citizens was recognized as his; he called it the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and pronounced himself King Ibn Saud. His prowess was legendary. One day of battle, so the story goes, he was wounded badly in the groin. Hearing that his followers feared for his future potency, he selected a maiden, married her on the spot and consummated the marriage that night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAUDI ARABIA: King of the Desert | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

Carr's football prowess led the Lions of Columbia to a 25 to 19 victory over Dartmouth last Saturday. Against the Indians, the junior from Beverly, Mass., completed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carr Tops Passing, Total Offense; Culver Takes Second in Ivy Rushing | 11/12/1953 | See Source »

...Gold Nugget. After the football seasons at Fenwick, Johnny found time to 1) captain the basketball team and lead it in scoring for four straight years, 2) win two track letters as a dash man (10.3 for 100 yds., 22.3 for 220). Such athletic prowess did not pass unnoticed by the college football scouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: All-America | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

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