Word: ace
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Eddie Cicotte, 84, oldtime Chicago pitching ace and central figure in the 1919 World Series scandal that marked baseball's darkest hour; of cancer; in Detroit. In that tainted series, the American League's Chicago White Sox were heavy favorites over the National League's Cincinnati Reds, and Cicotte, with a 29-7 season's record, was a good bet to win at least two games. But gamblers offered Eddie and seven of his teammates several thousand dollars to throw the sport's most vaunted prize. "Black Sox," screamed the fans...
...leaders play once-beaten Winthrop in a crucial contest. Winthrop has come from ninth place almost to the top spot in Straus Trophy competition and can gain a tie for the softball title by beating the Jimbos. The Puritans are likely to have a tough time, though, against pitching ace Scott Levine, who has won all seven games...
Harvard's Yardling nine faces Dartmouth's heralded pitching ace Pete Broberg today at 3 p.m. at Soldiers' Field. It may prove to be the most interesting intercollegiate baseball game in Boston this Spring...
Born. To Parnelli Jones, 35, ace racing driver, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 and by his own estimate "a few hundred" other races, and Judy Thompson Jones, 27: their first child, a boy; in Torrance, Calif...
...Crimson baseball team, which reached the NCAA Finals at Omaha last year, is to repeat its success, experience and aggressiveness loom large in deciding their chances. Heading the list of experienced ballplayers is senior pitching ace Bob Dorwart, and leading an impressive array of young aggressive players is sophomore shortstop Bill Kelly...