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Hurdler Joel Cohen, in his only race this season, provided the next upset. Although he had not run since breaking his foot during the indoor season, he nearly beat Yale's Jim Stocking, runnerup in the Heps high hurdles. He missed by a foot...
League champion Columbia and runnerup Princeton each had three men on the first team. The three Lions were all selected for the top position in the epee, foil, and sabre events. One of them, Marvin Stein, finished this first League season undefeated in 13 matches...
...Diego, Gene Littler, national amateur golf champion, showed touring tournament pros how the game should be played. Over the par-72 course in the $15,000 San Diego Open, Amateur Littler fired rounds of 67, 66, 69, 72, beat the runnerup, Professional C. J. ("Dutch") Harrison, by 4 strokes...
...Dodger Second Baseman James ("Junior") Gilliam, who hit .278, fielded .976, led the league in triples (17) and drew 100 bases on balls, as a lead-off batter, was named the National League's Rookie of the Year, the fifth Negro in a row to win the award. Runnerup: St. Louis Cardinal Pitcher Harvey Haddix, who won 20 games, lost...
...Long Island Sound, the Riverside (Conn.) Yacht Club's four-girl crew, skippered by Judy Webb, made the most of light breezes to take three out of six races in 210-Class sailboats. With a final point standing of 31¾ to the runnerup Lake Geneva (Wis.) Yacht Club's 25¼, Riverside won its second National Women's Sailing championship...