Word: rinks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...judges in rubber overshoes shuffled carefully out onto the ice rink of the Empire Stadium at Wembley, England last week, to confirm what a crowd of 8,000 already knew: that Dick Button of Englewood, NJ. was the best figure skater in the world...
...awkward youngster. Eight years later he had gained 10 lbs., 8 in., and his third successive world title. Part of the explanation of his success, Dick Button says, is his Swiss-born coach Gus Lussi, who spotted him eight years ago on the Olympic rink at Lake Placid, N.Y., was impressed with the youngster's determination, if not his skill. Together they spend long hours sketching intricate free-skating routines to supplement the required "school figures" which Button hates but which are part of all championship competition...
Something which might substantiate a "favorite" rating for the Tigers is the fact that Princeton's Baker Rink is a thing unfamiliar to the Crimson...
This week's contest with Milton Academy, slated for Wednesday and postponed until Thursday, was finally washed out by an all-day downpour on the Academy's outdoor rink. The '53 sextet has kept its edge in recent weeks by early morning and late afternoon practice sessions at the Skating Club and the Arena...
Crimson skaters, somewhat defiated by Tuesday night's 8 to 3 loss to Brown, travel to West Point's Smith Rink to meet the Cadets tomorrow night in Harvard's seventh game of the season...