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Four national champions will defend their titles this weekend--Arnold Plaza, of Purdue, at 115; Dick Hauser, of Cornell, 121; Lowell Lange, three-time national champ from Cornell, 136; and Shufard Swift, of the Navy...
...champ was carrying too much poundage and there were a few fatigue pencilings around the mouth; otherwise he seemed to be in good shape. But it was time for some serious training. Although his own title would not go on the line for another two years, Harry Truman was going to climb into the ring for the 1950 congressional elections and take on some of the ruggedest heavyweights in the Republicans' stable. By mixing work with three weeks of lolling under the Key West sun, the President and his advisers hoped to sharpen up for a big tour that...
...biggest off-year political powwow in U.S. history. Its purpose is to make 1950 sound as important as 1952 to keep the Republicans from making big gains, as they have the past three times, in nonpresidential election years. On the third day of the Chicago convention, the champ himself will go a few fast rounds and lecture the party faithful on the manly art of political offense. That will climax Harry Truman's nonpolitical spring tour...
...individual jumping championships. Forty contestants in all sped down the runway, soared off the lip of the tower and jackknifed forward in the long dive into space. When it was all over, Norway had done it again; six of the first eight places had gone to Norwegians. The champ: a 21-year-old Norwegian farmer, Hans Björnstad, who made jumps of 224 and 223 ft. Sixth place went to former U.S. Amateur Champion Artie Devlin of Lake Placid. His jumps of 220 and 219 ft. were second only to Björnstad's for distance, but they...
...British cheer for the new light-heavyweight champion. The loudest voice of all was that of Manager Kearns, who felt so good he decided he might as well claim the heavyweight championship too. He told London: "The N.B.A. calls Ezzard Charles the champion. You guys call Bruce Woodcock the champ. So why shouldn't I call my guy the champ? Let 'em all be champs...