Word: ace
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bottom of the 9th, sidearm relief ace Kent Tekulve saved the win, fanning Rick Dempsey and Kike Garcia and retiring Al Bumbry on an infield grounder...
...Ace in the Hole...
...Tigers' offense managed no more than a meow, and ace running back Chris Crissy gained only 55 yards. Brown evened its Ivy slate at 1-1 after an opening loss to Yale. Princeton holds the same record by virtue of an upset victory over defending champ Dartmouth opening...
Once at Jari, Ludwig ignores the successful projects to concentrate on problem areas. Like a conceptual architect who carries the blueprints in his mind, he supervises new undertakings down to the most minute detail. Yet he is becoming less dictatorial. The present project chief, John Trescot Jr., 54, an ace cost cutter who has been on the job for six months, claims that he can actually argue with him over decisions. Ludwig is beginning to accept a substantial dilution of his authority. He has created an eight-man committee that exercises an overall policymaking role. Also, Ludwig has willed Jari...
Montreal had won two of the three games played so far with the Cubs; but ace hurler Rick Reuschel was scheduled to pitch for the Cubs that day, which gave Chicagoans heart. My resident sage, though, had other thoughts...