Word: sportingly
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Everywhere that wrestling is regarded as a major sport-only the South gives it scant attention-Stillwater is looked to as a shrine. Since the N.C.A.A. began determining national wrestling champions in 1928, O.S.U. has won 27 titles-20 more than its nearest competitor, archrival Oklahoma...
Weight watching is not the only extra pressure on the wrestlers. The sport puts the spotlight on just two men at a time, and how a man wins can be almost as important as whether he wins at all. If he pins an opponent, his team picks up six points; if he cannot pin his opponent but wins the match by outpointing him, his team will get only three or four points, depending on how much he dominated the contest. "A football player may go out and play a lousy game," says Chesbro, "but if the team wins...
...evening of a showdown with powerful Iowa State recently, the beer joints were crammed with students fueling up on draught Coors. By match time, every available space was filled in 7,100-seat Gallagher Hall-named after former O.S.U. Wrestling Coach Edward Clark Gallagher, father of the modern college sport. Once the Cowboys were introduced and started whipping their opponents, the chanting crowd exploded. Right through the final contest between 290-lb. Freshman Jimmy Jackson and his 330-lb. opponent, the din was deafening. Clearly, no one in Stillwater will settle for O.S.U.'s championship total staying...
...also follows snow bulletins with fascination: the men who hitch Huskies to light wood rigs and mush across wilderness trails in sled-dog races. From the White Mountains of New Hampshire through the Upper Midwest snow belt to Alaska, a cadre of dog sledders has been reviving the arcane sport for thrills and profit. TIME Correspondent Richard Woodbury visited Ely, Minn., to cover the Sixth All-American Sled-Dog Championships. His report...
Minnesota has displaced Harvard as the number one college hockey team in the nation in the latest NCAA poll. The gophers sport a 21-9 record. However, the poll was taken before Harvard's Monday night 9-0 Beanpot victory over Northeastern, and it's a good bet that the victory could propel the Crimson back into the number one spot. The win upped Harvard's record to 14-2. Michigan Tech (20-8) is third in the poll, and Boston University (15-3-1) is fourth. Harvard, of course, is still the number one ECAC team with a perfect...