Word: second-round
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...Crimson points in the varsity meet came on pins. Eddie Bursk at 123 pounds, opened with a second-round pin, while Bud Adams at 130 and Icko Iben at 137 followed quickly with a couple of plans in the first and second rounds, respectively...
...Open Golf tournament; at neighboring Pinehurst. Bolt, an unheralded pro, upheld U.S. golf prestige over Britain's visiting Ryder Cup team after all but one of the U.S. team members withdrew. Most notable of the defeated: Defending Champion Sam Snead, U.S. Ryder Cup captain, who quit after a second-round...
...Former Middleweight Champion "Rocky" Graziano, after a second-round knockout of Chuck Hunter, in a fight that looked so phony to the referee that Hunter's purse was impounded; in Boston...
...Hamilton Richardson, 17, a second-round upset over Wimbledon's Defending Champion Budge Patty; in London. In his fourth round, the U.S. junior champion got a case of "center court shakes," lost to Brazilian Champion Armando Vieira. The semifinalists: The U.S.'s Dick Savitt (who defeated the U.S.'s Art Larsen in the quarterfinals) v. the U.S.'s Herb Flam (who defeated Australia's top-seeded Frank Sedgman); Australia's Ken McGregor (who defeated Sweden's Lennart Bergelin) v. South Africa's Eric Sturgess (who defeated Vieira...
...bouts ended when Robinson turned professional in 1940. As an amateur he had never lost a fight, had won 85 straight, including Golden Gloves titles in the featherweight and lightweight divisions. Robinson's first professional bout was a four-round preliminary at Madison Square Garden. He won (a second-round knockout), and the $100 he earned was the equivalent to four bootleg bouts, where wristwatches were the currency...