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For once in a faculty-student contest, the student won, in this case by a referee's decision. Barringer's win sparked the Dudley team to the House Championship.
¶ Using head, elbows and glove laces with wicked efficiency, Featherweight Champion Joe ("Sandy") Saddler spent twelve rounds at San Francisco's Cow Palace cutting up Filipino Challenger Gabriel ("Flash") Elorde. Finally Flash bled so badly that the referee stopped the fight in the 13th, let Sandy keep his...
Died. Ely Culbertson, 64, high priest of contract bridge, author (Contract Bridge Blue Book, The Strange Lives of One Man), founder and president of the peace-minded World Federation Inc.; of a lung congestion; in Brattleboro, Vt. Culbertson introduced new methods of contract bridge, made his name a household word...
The cement playing floor has lines painted on it called "chase lines." If the player cannot return the ball, the referee calls out "chase 4, 3, etc.," depending on which line the ball hits. The opponent then has a chance to "lay down" a better chase. If he fails, he...
The "loss" occurred with four minutes to go, when Referee Charles Bridley signalled Bucknell's fourth down and ten instead of second and ten. Bucknell did not make a first down and the Crimson took over.