Word: underdogs
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...welterweight (147 Ibs.) champion. Boxers respect his clumsy punch, but Basilio cuts easily, and when he earned a shot at the world championship, the experts thought him easy meat for a slashing hitter like Cuba's Champion Kid Gavilan. Last week, fighting in his home town of Syracuse, Underdog Basilio was nobody's pigeon...
...does not win out over forces of injustice; then all of us are put to the test. It is easy to switch allegiance to whomever has the upper hand, and, with him, call all former ideals fit for only suckers. It is all too easy to step on the underdog when he is down, and grind his bloody nose into the dirt. That's exactly what some people are doing today...
...wove his way down the field 50 yds. to Army's goal, and expertly flipped the ball past the Army's goalie John Johnson. Moments later, Navy's Horner and Army's Charles Lavender almost drew real blood with a sticks-jabbing row. At halftime, underdog Navy held a slim 4-3 lead. In the dressing room, Army Coach Morris Touchstone bluntly told his players: "If we can't beat this team, we don't deserve the title...
...other way around. Yale--except for a loss to the visiting Cambridge crew--had an undefeated season, and had defeated the Crimson in the Eastern sprints. It was Jim Rathschmidt's first Ell shell, and it was the first time a Tom Bolles crew was an underdog. Right before the race they announced that Bolies--now athletic director, would retire as crew coach. But his last race was a good...
...Crimson found unexpectedly rough going against the underdog Quakers. Four out of the five singles matches went to three sets before the varsity could pull out victories...