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...that British Frogman "Buster" Crabb a strange revenant of that Stephen Crabbe of the 13th century who detected the invisible invasion ship of the piratical Eustace the Monk? He was the only one in England able to see the phantom ship, boarded it, and his companions saw him in the air above the waters, swinging his axe which slew Eustace, until he was torn to bits by demons allied with the traitorous Eustace...
...with some of the best women tennists in the world. Of 16 tournaments she entered, she had reached the finals in all, won the cup and singles titles in thirteen.* When she overpowered Britain's Angela Mortimer (6-0, 12-10) in Paris last week to win her 13th, the French women's singles championship, Althea Gibson, 28, flew over the net like a happy starling. In all Althea's long map-girdling season of success, the only woman she had not been able to beat was Angela Mortimer...
...commencement Week games with Yale close the schedule. The only home game of the post-exam period comes on the 13th, and the Crimson returns the Eli visit with the year's finale the 18th. Yale tied Princeton for the EIBL title. The teams have decided to count their first Commencement game to determine the championship...
...Without losing a fight, he battered his way up through the heavyweight ranks. It took him only eight rounds to dispose of Joe Louis and ruin the comeback of that puffy remnant of a great champ. Later, he won the title by flattening Heavyweight Champion Joe Walcott in the 13th round, after being knocked down in the third for the first time in his professional life. In a return bout, it took him only one round to stop Jersey...
...makers and doers. Nonsense, said the Rev. Walter J. Ong, S.J. last week to the 14th annual Spring Symposium of the Catholic Renascence Society in Manhattan. Today, according to Father Ong, an assistant professor of English at St. Louis University, is more an Age of Faith than the 13th century ever...