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Donelli likes the label of underdog, and, if he has anything to say about it, that is the tag that his Terriers are going to wear out onto Soldiers Field tomorrow. It is improbable though, that he will find Dick Harlow on the other end of the leash. There are too many gridiron "giants" still shaking the cobwebs from their heads after dismissing Donelli with a paternal pat on the head...
...Maryland machine may be the underdog in the season's opener as the South invades New England but they can always be counted on for a scrappy performance with plenty of the spirit that makes a good contest...
...Pebble Beach, Calif., in the 47th U.S. Amateur Golf Championship, all the cheers were for 44-year-old Underdog Johnny Dawson. He had been politely invited not to play in the same tourney 18 years ago because he worked for a sporting-goods firm. By going into the real-estate business, Johnny had in recent years regained his amateur status. In the 36-hole final, the crowd backed him, groaned when Robert ("Skee") Riegel, 32, made a brilliant shot. Riegel won 2 and 1. The new king of amateur golfers is a broad-shouldered ex-football fullback at West Point...
...another sweep, but the Aussies were not through yet. Next day in the doubles, Bromwich and bespectacled Colin Long, a Davis Cup newcomer, were quick to take advantage of an uncertainty in Schroeder's forehand and a lack of sting in Kramer's service. Encouraged by an underdog-loving crowd that wildly cheered their winners and groaned sympathetically when they missed, Bromwich and Long broke Kramer's service three times, won the match in four sets...
Championship Company. When he went over last June to breeze through England's famed Wimbledon tourney, he found that the British spectators were different. Unlike the U.S. crowd, which nearly always pulls for the underdog, they wanted to see the best man win. At Wimbledon, the alert expertness of Big Jake always seemed to be understood by the tennis-wise crowd, expressing itself in cries of "Good shot" almost as soon as the ball met the racket...