Word: ace
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...through the fifth inning it was anyone's game, with Harvard ace Roz Brayton working on a no-hitter and Muhlstock allowing only three hits. Brayton, who picked up a pair of wins while Harvard swept its 13-game Florida tour, ran into trouble in the sixth when, with two out, he walked Ken Mulvaney and Don Valenzo...
...TIME's Donald Neff, then a Saigon correspondent, interviewed Air Force Ace Major James Kasler-one of the legendary figures of the Viet Nam War-just after his 72nd mission. The story that went to press that week dubbed Kasler a "one-man Air Force" and perhaps the "hottest" pilot in Southeast Asia. Five days later, Kasler buckled into the cockpit of his F-105 Thunderchief for his 73rd-and last-mission. His plane was hit by ground fire, and he was forced to eject. He was held prisoner until a month ago. Last week Neff again interviewed Kasler...
...outfield will post Kevin Hampe in left, Joe Sciola in center, and Hal Smith in right field. The battery will pair catcher Rich Bridich with last year's pitching ace, Roz Brayton...
Favored Vermont ace Peter Kongsli fell on his last and longest jump of the day, losing his chance to better a short first jump. With superior style points, Vidar Nilsgard of Colorado took the individual title with 220.7 points, one ahead of Kongsli, who had not lost all year...
Navy Lieut. Commander Everett Alvarez Jr., who was captured in 1964 and became the longest-held prisoner in North Viet Nam, bounced down the ramp after Denton. In the second plane from Hanoi came Air Force Colonel James Robinson ("Robbie") Risner, an Air Force ace from World War II, Korea and Viet Nam, who was captured in 1965. "It's like we've been asleep for seven years," he said...