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Skip Pescosolido has been a strong asset in the dash, taking first in the B.U. meet, and Pat Liles has come from the broad jump pits to become anchor man on the mile relay combination. If weight thrower Jim Doty and miler Dyke Benjamin recover from damaging leg injuries, the varsity may prove it is not dead...
Ryne Duren, Casey Stengel's flame-thrower who followed Whitey Ford and Art Ditmar to the mound, fired his blinding fast ball past the Braves from the sixth to the 10th when he suddenly lost his stuff. The big fellow with the thick glasses struck out the side in the sixth and ninth, fanning eight in 4 2/3 innings before he faltered with two out in the 10th...
...comparative newcomer, refused to accept their second-and third-prize medals by her side, they were stripped of their right ever to receive the medals, and the elder Zybina was barred from the trip to Stockholm (TIME, Aug. 18). Also barred was Nina Ponoma-reva, the hefty discus thrower who was caught shoplifting in London two years ago. A sort of Maria Callas in a track suit, Nina had made her outbursts of temperament famous. She was accused of being "egotistical and uncomradely." All this was part of a stern new government campaign to eradicate a disease called "The Stardom...
...athletes got off to a fast start in the big dual meet with the Soviet Union in Moscow's Lenin Stadium, took an early 42-24 lead as the Russians piled up enough points in the women's events to stay close. U.S. Hammer Thrower Harold Connolly upset Russia's world's-record holder, Mikhail Krivonosov, with a heave of 220 ft. 8.88 in. Other U.S. winners: Ira Murchison (100-meter dash), Glenn Davis (400-meter run), Parry O'Brien (shotput), Ernie Shelby (broad jump), Barbara Jones in the women's 100-meter dash...
...weights, McCurdy has Doty and Duno Johnson, a sophomore who came along at the end of the season. He will also have Stan Doten, a broth of a weight thrower, up from the Yardlings. However, whether or not any of them can fill DuMoulin's shoes is crucial for the success of the Crimson...