Word: ace
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Niederhoffer outlasted former national champion Harry Conion, 13-15, 15-13, 15-6, 12-15, 15-13 to win the final. But perhaps the biggest win of all for the Crimson ace came in Sunday morning's semifinal round, when he finally caught up with his old nemesis, Ralph Howe...
...appointed day, the temperature was in the 90s, flocks of cawing crows hovered low overhead, and Indian fans heckled the Americans' both from the stands and from nearby apartment-house balconies. When California's Dennis Ralston blasted a serve past Krishnan and the linesman signaled a clean ace, the galleries set up such a hullabaloo that the umpire shrugged, and replaced the linesman...
Died. Michael John Lithgow, 43, ace test pilot for British Aircraft Corp., onetime holder of the world speed record (737.3 m.p.h. in 1953); in a test-flight crash, with six other top British flyers and engineers, of the prototype BAG One-Eleven, the free world's first short-haul jetliner; near Chicklade, Wiltshire...
...Splendid article [Oct. 18] on the college quarterback, featuring Navy Ace Roger Staubach, the leading contender for the Heisman Trophy at this stage of the campaign with Georgia Tech's Billy Lothridge in close pursuit. As a longtime sports editor in the Deep South before coming East two seasons ago, and as a member of this year's Lambert Trophy committee, I find it a pleasure to see that college football is just as competitive in this area as it was in the South...
...first workout since his injury yesterday and Crain, whose performance against Penn and Columbia was his first real effort in a week, should be in shape for Friday's meet with Dartmouth. Captain Ed Meehan ran his strongest race of the year against the Lions and Quakers. And sophomore ace Walt Hewlett, who joins Meehan and Crain in McCurdys "Big Three," has performed well all season. Hewlett's main problem is such spectacular first times that no one is satisfied when he runs a merely good race...