Word: ace
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Right-handed ace Al Yarbro, who went the limit on the mound for Harvard, paced the one-sided victory. He held Springfield to five hits and two earned runs, striking out eight while walking five...
...Coiled Mind. On a horse, Jockey Arcaro was all coiled mind and muscle. Yet somehow he managed to look ill at ease. His long Cyrano nose protruded beyond his cap and goggles, as he rode in "ace-deuce" fashion with his right stirrup two inches higher than the left. He carried on a running conversation with all his mounts, his voice and spurs and whip speaking urgently but never harshly. He had a theory that it was almost always better to dangle a whip menacingly in front of a horse's nose than to slash heavily at the animal...
Coach Norm Shepard will go with his best against the cross-town foes. Al Yarbro, right-handed ace of the Crimson mound staff, will be the starting pitcher. Yarbro has an effective fast ball, and a fine collection of curves and change-ups to go with it. He is 1-0 for the season and owns a perfect 0.00 earned run average...
...Came within an ace of dying. Pneumonia. They call it the old man's friend -it takes you easy. But they gave me tons of penicillin. I said to my doctor, 'What do you call penicillin if it's the enemy of the old man's friend?' I never thought it was the end, but I thought if I died it would help sell my books. You know, when you come close to death, you feel awestruck. It's not fear" As he talked last week in South Miami, Robert Frost walked slowly...
LIVE IT UP! (Johnny Mathis; Columbia). Crooner Mathis, who seems to have laundered much of the teary quaver out of his voice, gives expert and exuberant treatment to some smart and fairly fresh patter-Ace in the Hole, On a Cold and Rainy...