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...Shot-putter Siler placed second in the Heptagonals two weeks ago. in that meet he also took a first place in the discus throw, defeating Yale's Stew Thomson. Against the Blue a week later, Siler set a personal discus record, but lost to the burly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harris Elected 1955-1956 Tennis Captain; Siler Succeeds Rittenburg as Track Leader | 5/25/1955 | See Source »

...palace, he ordered the escort abolished. At least once in the first week he dashed home, stripped off coat and tie, and lunched in comfort with his wife and son Eduardo, 11. He some times likes to relax with his collection of stuffed Amazonian birds and beasts, or putter around making coffee in the kitchen (see cut). Said Café Filho: "I see no reason why as President of the republic I should change my lifelong habits of a simple man who always lived among the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: New Pilot | 9/13/1954 | See Source »

...hole match, longest semifinal in the tournament's records, to top Cleveland's Ed Meister, onetime Yale golf captain. In the finals, however, Palmer settled down. He shot the first four holes in par. But it was a discouraging performance. Sweeny's deft and delicate putter earned him three birdies and sent him three-up. Still, it was Sweeny himself who gave Palmer hope. On the fifth tee he put his arm around his rugged (5 ft. 11 in., 170 Ibs.) rival and said, "This can't last forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tough & Tiring | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

...Open and everything else." Sam is inclined to agree. But in many a critical match Snead has clubbed his way out of seemingly certain defeat with a shrewd shot. Other 19th-Hole critics attribute his failures to erratic putting, but Snead at his best is as handy a putter as any topflight golfer. Some say that Snead's temperament (a "smoldering volcano," according to the New York Times's Arthur Daley) is not tough enough to withstand the grind of the Open. While it is true that Snead sometimes gives way to the sulks or the "yipes" (jitters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Come On, Little Ball! | 6/21/1954 | See Source »

Other outstanding performers for the Yardlings include Pete Harpel who holds the freshman record for the bummer throw; miler Phil Williams; shot putter Tony Gianelly; and half-miler Jim Cairns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '57 Track Squad To Oppose Tufts | 5/19/1954 | See Source »

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