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...race was begun amid the usual squabbles over the size of the handicaps. Dave Rosenthal, a varsity hurdler, was awarded the biggest handicap, seven minutes over the "scratch" runners and at least two minutes over all others...
...varsity cross country runners, with the one notable exception of Schlaeppi, started from scratch. The winner among this group was French Anderson, whose corrected time of 18:44 was second fastest...
Varsity Starts from Scratch...
Members of the varsity and the freshman teams will use the race as a time trial. All members of the varsity will start from scratch while, as last year, the freshmen will begin with handicaps ranging from one to five minutes...
...newsmen to China. Murrow's reporting has dripped with disapproval. The Murrow aphorism ("A Word for Today") that closes the newscast is often chosen to make an editorial point. Something as simple as a See It Now shot of a subject's grimace or surreptitious scratch can carry as much condemnation as a Chicago Tribune editorial...