Word: ace
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last event of the afternoon, the javelin throw, was held behind the base ball stands. On his last try, the Crusaders' John Connolly committed a heave of 163 feet 11 1/2 inches to give Holy Cross its second win of the day. The Crimson ace, Joe Holbrook took second with 160 feet 5 1/2 inches. Kaebler of Harvard threw the spear 157:9. Hanna, of the Rams took fourth...
...spite of the loss of Doug Pirnie, ace sprint man, who pulled a muscle in his leg shortly before the meet, the track team took fourteen out of fifteen firsts o swamp Tufts and Connecticut in its opening meet of the season held last Saturday at Soldiers Field. The final score was Harvard 120, Tufts 27 1/2; and Connecticut...
...case, complicated by three years of FTC's red tape, became simple in Mason's decision. The Manhattan Brewing Co. had been labeling its beer "Canadian Ace" since 1939, spent $750,000 advertising it. In 1943 FTC decided that "Canadian Ace" tended to mislead the public into believing the beer came from Canada. The company suggested adding a big "Made in U.S.A." to the label, but FTC stuck to its ruling that "Canadian Ace" could not be used. Commissioner Mason took a good layman's look at the offending label, reported: "It is hard to tell exactly...
...were a competitor and saw a bottle of beer with the label 'Canadian Ace,' I might 'tend' to write the Federal Trade Commission complaining that the label was fraudulent. ... If I were a thirsty tramp and saw the label I would have the 'tendency' to beg, borrow, or steal a bottle. . . . But so far I have not had the feeling that I was 'being put upon.' " In so writing, in an FTC decision, freshman Commissioner Lowell B. Mason last week also wrote some FTC history...
Mainstays of the team, as revealed by Mikkola last night, will be former Freshman ace Dough Pirnie in the 100 and 220 dashes, 1, C. 4-A weight-throw champions Bill and Doug Fisher in the hammer throw event, and Pete Harwood in the Pole Vault...