Detective Henry Wittenberg had eaten too much. He had also won his first two matches, in the Olympic wrestling trials last week, so easily that he scarcely worked up a sweat. Feeling heavy in the midriff and afraid of exceeding the 191 Ib. weight, Wittenberg decided on a little road work. As he stepped on to the darkened Iowa State College track, Wrestler Wittenberg tripped and fell, fracturing a bone in his ankle.
Next day, with a lump on his ankle as big as a doorknob, heavy-set Henry Wittenberg warily circled a stringy young opponent,...
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