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...winning six out of nine foil bouts. Larry Johnson of the varsity shut out his opponent in foil, and Captain Bill Trebilcock won two out of three bouts. The visitors then gained back five of those wins, while losing four to the varsity in the sabres. Only Mike Woolf was able to win two out of three for the Crimson sabre team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Fencers Outduel C.C.N.Y. In 14-13 Contest | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...defeat by Columbia brings the Crimson record to two losses, no wins in Ivy League competition. The fencing team lost to Cornell 16-11, three weeks ago. In this meet, Don Tingle and Mike Woolf each won two of three matches to aid Cabral in giving the Crimson a victory, 6-3 in the sabre division...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Defeats Varsity Fencers | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...Lobster. While Crabbe is doomed to have a bad time with publishers, Author Rolfe clearly had a wonderful time writing about them, and British Bibliographer Cecil Woolf, in his introduction, provides a convenient Who's Who. Grant Richards, publisher of such authors as Shaw and Housman, appears in the novel as Doron Oldcastle, "an ostentatious tyrannical turpilucricupidous half-licked pragmatic provincial bumpkin." Publisher John Lane, who published works by Anatole France, Ernest Dowson and Francis Thompson, is seen as Slim Schelm, "a tubby little pot-bellied bantam, looking as though he had been suckled on bad beer." Oldcastle commissions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mad but Memorable | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

...Cornell-Harvard Ivy League fencing match at the I.A.B. was much closer, but the Crimson bowed, 16 to 11. The varsity sabre trio won six out of nine bouts and was the only bright spot for the home team. Sabremen Manuel Cabral, Don Tingle, and Mike Woolf completely outclassed their respective Cornell opponents and each won two out of three times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Takes Shutout Over Cornell; Fencers Lose, 16-11 | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

...Roses,'' the third since Mrs. Markey inherited the farm from her first husband, the late baking-powder heir. Warren Wright. And Plain Ben Jones has even one more Derby winner than that: he trained the great Lawrin for Kansas City Clothing Merchant Herbert Woolf back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fizzle of a Legend | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

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