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...discomfited even as he clambers aboard the homebound liner and begins sadly to plot the next tack in his joyless rakery among available shipboard quail. The very worst kind of American bore descends upon the defeated hero to claim him as the right kind of guy to save a boat trip from being a real drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beastly Business | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

With one match to go Saturday, Columbia's wrestlers had a 14-11 lead over Harvard, and the Crimson matmen seemed doomed to a tie at best. Even this chance seemed remote when the Lions' Bruce Sargent took a 6-3 lead over sophomore heavyweight Tack Chace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Edge Lions On Tack Chace's Pin | 2/17/1964 | See Source »

...Crimson has two almost-sure winners in Captain Fred Pereira (167) and sophomore Howard Durfee (137). Since Columbia has shown little strength at 191 and heavyweight, Harvard's Ben Brooks and Tack Chace are probable winners as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Seek First League Win; Pereira Leads Team Against Lions | 2/15/1964 | See Source »

Through four meets this year, Harvard wrestlers have come up with a total of one pin, by heavyweight Tack Chace against M.I.T., in the first match of the season...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Matmen to Face Rutgers; Scarlet Knights Favored | 2/12/1964 | See Source »

Pennsylvania's 230-pound heavyweight Bruce Jacobsohn decisioned sophomore Tack Chace 10-1 in the final match Saturday to give the Quaker wrestlers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Grapplers Lose To Penn, 16-15 | 2/10/1964 | See Source »

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