Word: ace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first time in the history of the United States National Squash Championships, Harvard is entering individual and team players on its own, and not combining with Boston talent as in previous years. While not all the men on this "Cambridge" aggregate represent the college, Myers, former Crimson ace, being in the Law School, and Hall, also formerly on the A team, now attending the Business School, the main body of the players including Robert Grant and Tan Sargent, who are to take part in the individual championship, play in this tournament being limited to two candidates from each city...
...case of Toronto's Irvin ("Ace") Bailey, who was injured almost fatally in a game against the Boston Bruins last December, had two new aftermaths last week: 1) Toronto's Manager Connie
Secretary Ickes' thick jaw muscles bulged angrily. What with local real estate opposition to slum clearance projects, he had had trouble enough trying to get his housing program started. His ace-in-the-hole was FHC, an investment agency which put the Government squarely into the real estate business. Back to Comptroller McCarl went a tart letter taking exception to Mr. McCarl's legal interpretation...
...seemed to be working on the theory that a good offense is the best defence and by keeping the puck in Harvard territory held the Crimson at bay for nearly the entire evening. Johnny Lax, ace center of the Terrier aggregation, who returned to competition after being out of the game since the first encounter with Harvard set the pace for the opposition and kept the puck in his possession for most of the time. Crimson forwards had difficulty in getting past the blue-line and when they did manage to clude the defence were beset by a horde...
...powerful last-minute attack by the Crimson basketball team subdued Clark University by a 42-34 margin in a thrilling encounter at the Indoor Athletic Building Saturday night. Bob Morse, who had been out earlier in the season due to ineligibility, proved to be a new scoring ace, netting sixteen Crimson points on eight goals. Jim Grady also figured in the Harvard victory as the "spark plug" in the final onslaught...