• 26 - 1955 February 27. Carl #4, LER #3, Beckwith #2, and Dudensen #l played Collister #4, Ruston #3, Fowler #2, and Stanton #l in the last of the Halliday matches. We won 16-2. McCollough's rink, the only one with a single win,1ost to a hastily picked- up scrub rink, so three of us tied for first . Poor Dean! He was within an iota of winning his initial medal. Read enough of Max Eastman's new book "Reflections on the Failure of Socialism" to become convinced that the menta...