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Word: ace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jose Soriano and Henrik Reynders as wing forwards broke up a number of Princeton plays after the Tiger scrum had heeled the ball out to their ace scrum half John Cotter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tiger Goal Upsets Rugby Team, 3-0 | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

Unfortunately, Coach Maddux' squad will not be at full strength. Ace midfielder Dave Abbot will not make the trip, nor will second-stringer Will Davis. "Algy" Allen is slated to move up to first mid-field in place of Abbot, and Bill Kegg will handle Davis' former chores...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Teams Play New Hampshire Today | 4/24/1948 | See Source »

Rick, son of World War air ace Eddle Rickenbacker, modestly terms himself merely a "weekend golfer." But some of Rick's weekends have certainly been big ones according to the newspaper clippings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rickenbacker Once Topped Jug McSpaden | 4/23/1948 | See Source »

...doxtrose-filed Freshman plodded his way through 26 miles of concrete roads and woodland paths yesterday in the annual Boston Marathon. He is Lawrence R. Zeitlin '51, who entered the race "just to ace if I could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Energetic Freshman Covers 26 Miles in Boston Marathon | 4/20/1948 | See Source »

...Angeles, a new career was begun by another flyer: Gregory ("Pappy") Boyington, famed in wartime as a Marine ace and in peacetime for his girl trouble (TIME, Jan. 21, 1946). Adventurous Pappy was now in shirts & ties, behind a haberdasher's counter. Said he: "I've got that old retailer's smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Down to Earth | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

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