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...individual tournaments, Dunster smashed runnerup Kirkland in fencing, 18-9. For Dunster, Jas Geisz captured first place in foil and seconds in both epee and sabre, while Arnold Aguilera took second place in foil. For Kirkland, Jim Gammill placed fifth in foil, Jim Nemiah first in epee and Richard Harper fourth in sabre...
Minnesota struggled with Denver, last year's NCAA runnerup, and came up with a 5-4 edge in goal scoring. The squads tied Saturday, 3-3, and the Golden Gophers eked out a 2-1 win over the Pioneers on Sunday...
...secured the intramural championship for Lowell and a trip to New Haven next week to battle Yale's intramural champ. Eliot House now ranks second and will probably play Yale's runnerup...
...outstanding runner is, of course, Rojas, who will again lead the harriers at the number one spot. The 1972 Heptagonal runnerup and captain of this year's squad won seven meets last fall and is the team's main hope for a successful season this year...
...after his Red Sox had won the American League pennant with a team total of 13 home runs, he smashed the single-season homer record with the then astronomical figure of 29. That was only the beginning. The following season, his first as a Yankee, he clouted 54. The runnerup, George Sisler, had 19. In fact, Ruth's home-run record that year was greater than the team total of 14 of the 15 other major-league clubs. Yankee attendance ballooned to nearly 1.3 million, from 619,000 the previous year. The crowds came to watch the power...