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...Oyler popped up, but Detroit's right-handed pitching ace Earl Wilson slashed a line drive into the right-center field alley to produce a run. Culp then walked Dick McAuliffe (one of four the shortstop drew in the game) to load the bases...
...Tiger price was right, and the mound ace was set last summer to sign a contract that would have let him finish his education. But when mono struck, Peters struck out with Detroit...
...pitching staff has been consistently good. Peters--as he was last year--has been the ace, winning three straight since his indecisive appearance against Florida Southern. He was in real trouble only once, when Penn staged a slight rally at his expense. Relief pitcher Bob Lincoln came on and saved the Harvard victory. Lincoln is making a habit of this sort of thing. He preserved Peter's win over Stetson, and finished up Dorwart's victory over Rollins...
...year old Clark won the World's Driving Championship in 1963 and 1965, and the Indianapolis 500 in 1965. Although he was best known for his domination of Grand Prix racing, Clark was recognized as a master of all forms of auto sport. Juan Manuel Fangio, retired Argentine ace, whose record of twenty-four Grand Prix victories Clark broke in January at South Africa, called Clark the greatest driver in the world. Clark preferred to think of himself as a sheep farmer who raced automobiles...
Spring came to Peking last week, bringing crocuses to the Imperial Pal ace gardens and Mao-jacketed revolutionaries back into the streets. After a long and severe winter, the city echoed again to the feet of 100,000 mass marchers, who tromped around for two days straight chanting insults at the lat est round of "ambitious right-wingers" - the term invariably used against the enemies of Chairman Mao Tse-tung. This time, there was one significant change. The targets of the taunts, far from being right-wingers, were three top lieutenants of Lin Piao, China's leftist Defense Minister...