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Pete Fuller, who nearly didn't wrestle because of injuries, clinched the meet for the Crimson by pinning the heretofore undefeated Wesleyan captain with a shoulder stand in 8:35 when the referee called a dubious pin. Fuller would have won the match by a decision in any case...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Matmen Win Top Three Classes to Swamp Wesleyan | 3/6/1947 | See Source »

...pound class Bob Claflin, much improved since his first match a month ago, got an easy 7 to 1 decision while Crimson captain Don Louria bulldozed Don Rourke to a 6 to 2 decision. Frank Trinkle used a half nelson and chicken wing to pin the Wesleyan 136-pounder in 2:28 of the first period...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Matmen Win Top Three Classes to Swamp Wesleyan | 3/6/1947 | See Source »

Captain Ray Rogers got a first period pin for the Yardlings while Duncan Devereaux at 145, Roger Perry at 155, and Ed Sax at unlimited won by defaults...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Matmen Win Top Three Classes to Swamp Wesleyan | 3/6/1947 | See Source »

After dropping the first two classes, one by a pin and one by a fall, the Varsity wrestling team proceeded to take points in five of the next six bouts to beat a scrappy Dartmouth squad, 16 to 14, last night at the Indoor Athletic Building and thereby became the only Varsity to scalp an Indian team on an otherwise dismal day for the Crimson. Both teams used Freshmen by a pre-match agreement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Sweep Middle Positions To Beat Indians | 2/27/1947 | See Source »

...great bowl set amid the mountains. There was no living thing in sight, not even the fearsome character who (the legend said) cut off the heads of explorers and prospectors. All Berton found in his quick peek were two crumbling cabins near by. In one was a faded pin-up picture of Rita Hayworth, which the exploring reporter matched with a pin-up note: "Kilroy was here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: No Shangri-La | 2/24/1947 | See Source »

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