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...Dick Button proved last night in Washington that he was still the country's top figure skater when he won the Men's Figure Skating Championship for the fifth straight year...
...Button's total score in the two-day meet was 1621.8 points out of a possible 1750. The runner-up was 60 points behind the champion with a score...
...five judges varied widely in rating Button's performance, two of them giving aim considerably lower scores than expected. The champion's leg muscles seemed to stiffen after he had completed three of the required six intricate figures in the compulsory section, slowing him down in the rest of the meet. Button explained that he had taken an examination on Wednesday and had had considerably difficulty sleeping on the train that night...
...Button has own the national title four times, before. In the early part of this month, he went to London to compete is the International Figure Skating Championships and carried off the world title...
...Monday, February 20, Button was presented the Sullivan Trophy as the outstanding amateur athlete...