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...every meet so far, and has lost his bout in only one. Heavyweights Howle Gleason, Doug DeCoster, Dave Vaughan, Bob Burns, and John Corrigan are the present rivals for the top group. Glesson and DeCoster have wrestled in two meets apiece, while 175-pound Pete Sax has fought one scrap for the heavies...
...stand, altered the strategy of the Eastern Mediterranean and allowed the British to take relatively permanent initiative for the first time in the war. A battle fleet kept sweeping between and around Corinth and Brindisi. always in hope of coming up with an Italian force and having a good scrap. To match the Italians' potential fire power in this area, this force was brought to two battleships, at least four cruisers, one aircraft carrier, at least a flotilla of destroyers...
Thus, at the end of the 175-pound scrap, the Crimson had a meagre 12 to 11 lead, and it was up to heavy weight Tom Rogstad to swing the meet one way or the other. Rogstad was probably the stronger wrestler of the two, but Stenberg of Columbia played for the edge of the mat, and gave Tom no chance to show his superiority...
...wrestling season gets going in earnest this afternoon when the grapplers take on Navy in what should prove an exciting scrap. The meet is scheduled for 3 o'clock in the Indoor Athletic Building, and will be followed by another tough fight between the Yardlings and Dummer...
...Texas the Disabled American Veterans, in Louisiana a citizens' committee, organized units to collect discarded 1940 automobile license plates (estimated total weight: 1,000 tons), send them to the British as scrap iron...