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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...other matches went to Yale, as the Crimson's Nick Estabrook, King Holmes and Rick Sullivan met defeat. Estabrook lost to Tim Welles in a close 4-3 match, while Holmes was pinned by Alec Slaughter in 4:35. Sullivan, returning to action after a knee injury, was defeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Wrestlers Defeat Varsity at Yale, 17-9, As Foster Noble Win | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Crimson captain Joe Noble, with a 9-1 season record, should rack up another victory at 157 against Yale's Alec Slaughter. Elsewhere, the picture is not so clear, except that Fitch appears to have a distinct edge over the varsity's Dave Skeels at 123. Sherrill, although considered a top Eastern heavyweight, may have some trouble with Ted Robbins, who has won six of his nine matches...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Underdog Wrestlers Meet Yale In Closing Match at New Haven | 3/7/1959 | See Source »

Squaw Valley's Alec Gushing provides a classic example of old-fashioned American capitalism at its best: the selfish motivation of one has provided benefit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1959 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

Congratulations. to Mr. Alec Gushing on his wit rather than his memory. It seems that he or someone forgot the prologue to the Squaw Valley drama. Might it not have been more accurate to mention the name of Marti Arrougé, the young Basque who trod the warm earth of Squaw Valley through many young summers following the bands of his father's sheep, who lost his only brother in one of its clear lakes and whose nimble skis have caressed its every slope? It was Arrougé who was the original partner of Wayne Poulsen; together they supplied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1959 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

Bravo for Alec Gushing. Why waste time catering to cash customers when the State of California is willing to dole out $4,000,000, and then Uncle Sam, not to be outdone, forks over an equal amount. Gushing gets my vote for snob-con man of the year. HERB AMMERMULLER Great Neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 2, 1959 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

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