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Captain Joe Noble and Bob Foster extended their unbeaten streaks to five apiece. Noble, at 157, defeated Gordon Gusney, 5-0, with a pin. Foster, at 177, won over Gene Apysel, 9-2. One of the two Crimson losses was suffered by Dave Skeels, at 130. Skeels, who was out of action last week with an injury, lost to Dave Clark...
Former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, following the titled Englishman's traditional way to pin money, put some furniture on sale at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, realized $271.60 for a pair of four-poster beds, $1,232 for two 18th century bookcases...
York and Newport luxury. A gangling, tree-tall adolescent with a huge head topped by unruly red hair, Alec inevitably got the nickname "Pin," learned to play tennis well enough to reach the quarterfinals of the Newport Invitational when he was 16. He prepared for the match (against Wilmer Allison) by drinking till dawn, then amazed himself by taking a 4-1 lead in the second set. At this point his hangover caught up with him. Says Cushing: "I had a total blackout. When I tried to throw the ball up for service, I almost went flat on my face...
...such divisions is the raw material for chaos, and under the pressures of Year 1959 the House might even be forgiven for flying off like pin wheels in 435 different directions. Small chance. In the 170 years of its existence the House, through trial and error (with plenty of both), has developed a remarkable system of self-government, comprised of hard rules and of a hard breed of men who, however else they may differ, live by their rules. The five top leaders of the House have only one thing in common. They can all say with Speaker Sam Rayburn...
...other Harvard pins were registered by Pete Stanley and Ted Robbins. Stanley, a sophomore scoring his first varsity win, racked up five points in the first period against John Overdeck on a takedown and a near-fall, and went on to pin the Tech 167-pounder at 4:28. Robbins, beaten in his first two starts by highly-rated Cornell and Franklin and Marshall heavyweights, came up with an easy victory, pinning Jack Smith...