Word: champions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from Los Angeles to New York-piloting a Chance Vought F8U in 3 hr., 23 min.-later won $25,000 on TV's Name That Tune), probably has the most space savvy (McDonnell Aircraft consulted him in blueprinting Project Mercury's space capsule). He is also the champion humorist of the fast-cracking group, says: "I'm probably doing this because it is the nearest to heaven I'll ever get." His wife's opinions? "She thinks I'm just about out of this world anyway. I might as well...
...Champ. In Los Angeles last week, the fans that clustered on the seats above the backwalls of the courts had eyes chiefly for Kendler's protege, a baby-faced Army private named Johnny Sloan, 23. The defending champion, Sloan can curve and whistle a handball like a major-league pitcher. Before entering the Army, he worked for Kendler in Chicago. In the U.S.H.A. finals against Bob Brady, 36, a fireballing San Francisco cop, Private Sloan was at the peak of his methodical, calm game ("I'm a controlled kill player"), won going away...
...days recently it seemed like old home week at Soldiers Field. Bob Rittenburg, a Harvard track immortal ever since his 26-point performance against Yale in 1955, returned to work himself back into shape. Charley Jenkins, the reigning Olympic 400-meter champion and an old habitue of Soldiers Field, was back, and Tom Courtney, Olympic 800-meter king and now an assistant varsity coach, breezed through a 50.8 440 early in the week...
...ready for an attack on Pete Reider's University two-mile record of 9:21.2. Last month Benjamin turned in a 9:25.4 performance at the Connecticut Relays, and since then he has had his first real workouts since early December. He will be facing Army's Heptagonal champion Dick Greene in what promises to be the most exciting race of the meet...
...recent edition of the Yale Daily News told of the "defending champion Elis" opening their Eastern Intercollegiate League season by blanking Army, 9 to 0. Well, last May 14, coach Jack Barnaby's Crimson varsity defeated Yale, 6 to 3, to win the Eastern League title and will open their defense of that crown against the same Army club on the Soldiers Field courts at 2 p.m. today...