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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ace-in-the-Hole. In London, Lloyd's announced a new insurance policy for golfers, paying ?10 to cover the traditional round of drinks at the clubhouse after a hole...
...mound ace Brendon Reilly started the game for the alumni, but gave way in the first to Wallace, a wartime standout for Harvard nines. He gave up ten hits to the varsity but kept them well scattered except in the sixth...
When the public-address system blurted out, "Foul on Holstein," the Scottish reporter winced. To mispronounce the name of Willie Houliston (rhymes with fool us none), national hero and ace center-forward for Scotland, was as bad as manhandling the name of Joe DiMaggio. At halftime, the Scots had dribbled and passed rings around St. Louis' All-Stars and led, 3-0, but their hearts weren't really in it. The familiar air of tension and desperation, compounded with an occasional "Hampden roar" (a sustained Scottish cheer which becomes so engulfing that mikes have to be turned down...
...thirds were registered for the Crimson when Charlie Keith heaved the javelin 178 feet, 2 inches, and John Thorndyke threw the hammer 159 feet. 5 1/4 inches to edge out Dartmouth ace James Burnham by 2 3/4 inches...
Sedative. In Seattle, Richard Ace Brundage, onetime volunteer fireman, confessed to setting four fires because "when the siren blows it seems to calm my nerves...