Word: semi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their small arms from the War Department, and wartime supply problems would be simplified if both services used the same rifle. Last winter the Marine Corps decided to have the rifle matter out once and for all. A board was appointed to test the bolt-action Springfield and three semi-automatic rifles (Garand, Winchester, Johnson). The board included such acknowledged experts as Lieut. Colonel William W. Ashurst, a crack rifleman, and Lieut. Colonel Merritt A. Edson, who had earned Marine Corps fame in Nicaragua, hunting down Sandinistas. The Winchester, barely out of the laboratory, was never in the running...
Points on the plus side of the docket were won by Ted Schoenberg, who repeated his last year's performance and garnered second place in the 121-pound bracket, and Tom Rogstad, who was defeated in the semi-finals in the heavy-weight class...
Gardiner met Gardiner in the finals of the heavyweight division of the University boxing tournament, and Tudor defeated Tom, to annex the "unlimited" title. This bout climaxed an evening of 17 matches, both final and semi-final, with fights in eight classes from the 121 pounders through to the heavies...
...first unlimited bout of the evening, a semi-final match, Tudor Gardiner began his victories by defeating Robert H. "Putzy" Davis in a thrilling, drama-packed battle that had the spectators on their feet all the way. Both men were tense and tuned to a high pitch for the contest. "Putzy," although defeated, put up a terrific fight, keeping Gardiner on edge throughout the match. Gardiner was heard to remark after the fight that "'Putzy' sure packs a colossal wallop...
...Rogstadt, representing the Crimson wrestlers in the heavyweight division, was thrown in the semi-finals after defeating his second-round opponent at Columbia University last night. Ted Schoenberg, Jim Redmon, Bill Tyng, and Dick Aldrich were all eliminated in the first round, while Dick Thomas held on until the second...