Word: chucks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been eight years since a Yank vaulted the net at Wimbledon, and Texas' Chuck McKinley, 22, could be pardoned if his form looked a little rusty. But he cleared it with inches to spare. Then, with a wild whoop of joy, he hippety-hopped up to the royal box, where Princess Marina, the Duchess of Kent, handed him the silver trophy that goes to the winner of the All-England tennis championships - the world's most important tennis tournament...
...Chuck McKinley was its brightest star. Compact (5 ft. 8 in., 160 Ibs.) and muscular, McKinley plays tennis with an astounding lack of grace. He leaps, he lunges, he scrambles, he slides, he falls, he dives, he skins his elbows and knees, and he flails at the ball as if he were clubbing a rat. His nerves are as taut as the strings of his racket. "Oh, Charley, you missed that one," he hollers after a bad shot, and he drew a four-month suspension from the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association when he angrily heaved his racket into the stands...
...there is a solid contender other that the Yankees this year, it is probably the Baltimore Orioles. Steve Barber (8-3) and Chuck Estrada (3-1), both now mature at 24 after three big-league season, are pitching brilliantly. Earl Robinson. Boog Powell, and Jim Gentile are hitting consistently. If not spectacularly, and with the addition of Luis Aparicio, the Birds' infield has become the league's tightest...
...Take Chuck Schilling, for example. When he first came to the big leagues, in 1960, he was halled as the successor to Bobby Doerr, the answer to all the Red Sox second-base problems. But although Chuck could make all the plays around second, he looked as bad as all the other Red Sox with a bat in his hand. After hitting .259 his rookie year, he fell to 230 in 1962, and it seemed he would never realize his potential...
...this year a new Schilling has emerged. The line drives that once were caught are falling in now, and Chuck is hitting .346, fifth highest in the league...