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Before the crucial match, Hall's position was unenviable. He was a 157-pounder filling in for Chris Wickens at 167. He was wrestling in his first varsity meet, and his opponent was senior Bob Wells, the Tech captain. Underdog M.I.T. was trailing 11-6, and a pin would have squared the team totals...
...most underdog underdog there is," said Barry Goldwater to a Las Vegas airport audience. Yet as far as audience reaction was concerned, Barry had perhaps the most momentous moments of his whole campaign...
...Equation. But when his chance to run for the Senate came in 1958, he was reluctant to take it. The U.S. was in the midst of a mild recession, and it looked like a big Democratic year. He entered the race a distinct underdog against Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan. He was helped by the usual factional row between New York's Democratic bosses and reformers, and he made devastating use of Jim Farley's scornful remark that Hogan's experience in national and international affairs "extends from the Battery to the Polo Grounds." In an upset victory, Keating squeaked...
...polls showed him significantly out in front. While Kennedy's aides feel this may have been true three weeks ago, Keating lost his most valuable asset: the image of the old, experienced community servant fighting a losing battle against a young upstart. Kennedy readily embraces the role of underdog and always rates the campaign a "close, tough contest" when questioned by newsmen. He pooh-poohs the Daily News poll which shows him in front three...
Wyoming: Starting out as the underdog, Incumbent Democrat Gale McGee, 49, has come on strong against Casper Geologist John S. Wold, 48, a Goldwater man. Though McGee is suspect as a liberal and a former university professor, he has a slender edge...