Word: ace
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Junior ace Royce Shaw, working more consistently than ever before, will bid for his fourth straight win this afternoon. Captain Doug Hardin, who is still somewhat hampered by minor leg injuries, has been progressing steadily towards regaining the physical peak that earned him last year's Heptagonal crown...
...freshman meet saw a complete reversal of the varsity results. Penn ace Julio Piazza smashed Dave Pottetti's meet record by more than forty seconds and led a 15-48 victory over the Crimson frosh...
McLain was victimized by three Tiger errors and his own wildness before he left the game for a pinch hitter in the sixth. The Detroit ace was no match for Gibson, who displayed a dazzling mixture of speed, curve and change-up. McLain could not be reached for his usual post-game rebuttal...
Harvard's Mike Koerner took control of the race early and snapped the tape thirteen seconds ahead of Providence ace Mike Kelly. Yardlings Bob Seals and Rick Jurgens captured third and fourth, respectively, and Alan Long finished strongly to meet nail down sixth. After the third Providence runner finished, Andy Meltzoff followed two UMass harriers across the line, wrapping up the scoring with as tenth-place finish. Rapidly improving Phil Lichtenstein was eleventh, displacing runners from both visiting teams...
Tony Franciosa is People's handsome, daring ace reporter. His editor (Gene Barry) occupies an office that is only slightly more opulent than, say, Hugh Hefner's pad. Expense-account cash is as abundant and accessible as scratch paper. The researchers are not only resolutely clever but demure, sensuous and beautiful...