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"Fix! Fix!" Not since the summer games of 1956, when the Hungarians and Russians tried to kill each other in a water polo match, has an Olympics produced so much brouhaha. Dutch speed-skating officials complained that a Swedish referee had the ice shaved at strategic moments-thereby helping Jonny...
Then the drama begins, and it is constructed like a prizefight. In the early rounds the opponents politely feel each other out, and there is time for the referee to provide low comic relief ("Am I running this committee," Senator Mundt splutters ineffectually, "or am I not?"). In the middle...
Last week in Manhattan Civil Court, Judge Eugene McAuliffe sitting as special referee asked Defendant Clark, "What do you think you owe them?" She replied, "I owe $616.23 if they give me my records. If not, it's less than $400." The judge agreed: "I am of the opinion...
And it reached a climax of complete horror when Captain Fred Pereira lost his first match of the year to sophomore Jeff Stevens, and 177-pounder Lamar Fertig was disqualified after a referee called him three times for running off the mat.
And what of Navy's Staubach? He was running for his life, mostly. Time after time, led by massive (6 ft. 3 in., 240 Ibs.) All-America Tackle Scott Appleton, the hard-charging Texas line dumped him behind the line of scrimmage; twice, they knocked the ball loose before...