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...highest-paid athletes in Japan looks like a candidate for a Vic Tanny reducing course. He weighs in at 303 lbs., and his stomach is roughly the size and shape of a medicine ball. Yet Koki Naya, known professionally as Taiho (loosely, "Giant Bird"), makes upward of $50,000 a year for practicing his specialty, and when he appears, clad in a loincloth, his long hair bundled in a topknot, he sends shivers of delight through the bobby-sox set. At 22, Taiho is the youngest grand champion in the history of sumo wrestling, one of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Giant Bird | 2/8/1963 | See Source »

Facing Penn will be vic Niederhoffer, who became national junior champion only 14 months after he first touched a squash racket; Bill Morris, runner up to Niederhoffer in 1961; Paul Sullivan, the tennis captain; Lou Williams, first string soccer and lacrosse player; Doug Walter; Terry Robinson; captain Roger Wiegand; John Thorndike; and Allen Terrell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Squash Team To Play Penn Today, Princeton Tomorrow | 2/8/1963 | See Source »

Doug Walter, playing number four, took one game from his Jeff opponent 15-0, the first perfect game in a long time. Bill Morris and captain Roger Wiegand each lost a game, while the rest of the squad won 3-0. Vic Niederhoffer, first on the ladder, gave every shot that he would have to run for to return to his opponent, Tom Poor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Squad Stamps On Lord' Jeffs, 9-0; Walter Wins, 15-0 | 2/7/1963 | See Source »

...varsity's line-up has changed slightly since the team's 9-0 victory over Dartmouth Jan. 16. Vic Niederhoffer will be playing in his customary number one slot, but sophomore Bill Morris has moved into second position ahead of senior Paul Sullivan...

Author: By Richard B. Ruge, | Title: Squash Squad Faces Amherst | 2/6/1963 | See Source »

...Harvard player has ever won the Massachusetts s q u a s h championship while in the College--until last weekend, that is, when Vic Niederhoffer snatched the state title away from three of the country's top contenders. And no Harvard player has over won the nationals while in the College--but just watch Niederhoffer in Detroit...

Author: By Richard B. Ruge, | Title: Niederhoffer Wins State Tourney; Victories Over Hecksher and Zug Place Junior Near Top in U.S. | 2/5/1963 | See Source »

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