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...hazards of birding are not confined to such unexpected brushes with the law. Daniels and Baird once saw the only spurred towhee ever identified on the East Coast. To pin down the discovery, Baird got out his .410-gauge shotgun. Daniels worked around to the other side of the bird, moving it closer to Baird, but was obscured from Baird by the foliage. Finally Baird said he was going to shoot. A faithful birder to the end, Daniels covered his face with gloved hands, bravely replied: "Go ahead." Daniels was peppered with fine dust shot, but the towhee got away...
...Antipodes. Playing on her home course at Invercargill, where there are four short holes (190, 135, 120 and 114 yds.), Mrs. Small sank Hole-in-One No. 5. Two days later, playing before a buzzing, unbelieving gallery, she smacked another one straight and true, dead to the pin, for her sixth hole in one in 2½ months...
...high point total forced wrestling Captain Johnny Lee from the National A.A.U. Wrestling Tournament Saturday after he reached the semi-final round. There he lost in a last minute pin to Dick Hauser of the U.S. Air Force. Hauser went on to win his fourth National A.A.U. 125-pound championship, a title Lee held...
...four straight matches before meeting Hauser. In the first round he decisioned Gil Hanley of the Baltimore Y.M.C.A. He pinned his second-round opponent in six minutes, then went on to pin his third man in 30 seconds. Lee decisioned his fourth round opponent...
Standouts among the freshmen were Steve Shohet of Massachusetts, who shut out his opponent in the 147 pound class, and Pete Morrison, also of Massachusetts, who scored the only pin in the freshman section of the tournament...