Word: rods
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Individual titile should go to Princetion's Rod Zwirner, who has defeated every major runner in the field. Close behind him will be Columbia's Jose Iglesias. Mike Midler of Cornell is favored for third place, while fourth should be a toss-up among the varsity's Pete Reider, Doug Brew of Dartmouth, Ed Sullivan of Brown, and Navy's Walt Meukow...
Ceiling Stand. A Christmas-tree stand that holds the tree from the ceiling instead of the floor was put on sale by Roger Products, Inc., Milwaukee. The tree will not tip over even if moppets climb it. The stand consists of a curtain rod, to which the tree trunk is fastened, with a suction cup on one end to hold the rod to the ceiling. Cost...
...race itself shaped up nearly as had been predicted, with Crimson ace Pete Reider duelling Princeton's spectacular sophomore Rod Zwirner for the lead. Yale contented itself with gaining the all-important third through eighth positions, ignoring the two front-runners...
...Rod (Patterns) Serling's play Requiem for a Heavyweight was a taut, discerning glimpse into the shabby world of prizefighting. The plot dealt with an also-ran pug (Jack Palance) who is put out to pasture after in bone-bruising bouts, and finds it jarringly hard to adjust. He is a tough, disfigured blob of flesh who "could take a cannon ball in the face"; but he is also a gentle man, painfully aware of his ugliness. He is bounced around by some seedy managers and hangers-on ("Why is it," asks Trainer Ed Wynn, playing his first straight...
Playhouse 90 (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight, with Kim Hunter, Jack Palance...