Word: coxing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they said, could hope to beat the older, more experienced pros. Last week, in the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth, England-the world's first open tournament-an obscure British amateur proved that the talent gap may not be so big after all. On successive afternoons, Mark Cox, 24, who was not even considered good enough to play singles for the British Davis Cup team, upset two of the game's biggest names: the U.S.'s Pancho Gonzales, 39, king of the pros for 18 years, and Australia's Roy Emerson, 31, king...
Smith led off with a walk. After a fly out and a walk to Jim Cox, the M.I.T. pitcher started to crack. A wild pitch advanced the runners to second and third. Another wild pitch brought Smith hurtling in from third, but the catcher was there to meet him. When the dust cleared. Smith was out. Dorwart singled and again the runners advanced on a wild pitch. With two out and runners on second and third, Harvard's leading batter and shortstop, Jeff Grate, came to bat. He lined the second pitch into deep right field for a single, scoring...
...second inning, Harvard's left-fielder Jim Reynolds singled to left, Dick Manchester walked, and both runners moved into scoring position on Jim Cox's sacrifice. Peters came through with a wind-blown hit to center field to score Reynolds. With runners on first and third and only one out, Brown's starter Jay Hedlund settled down to retire Jeff Grate and Bill Cobb...
Harvard batters managed only one serious scoring threat during the game. With two outs in the second inning, a walk by Jim Cox and singles by Lalich and Jeff Grate loaded the bases, but Dick Manchester grounded out to the second baseman, and that was it for Harvard...
Coach Norm Shepard experimented with Jim Cox in rightfield and Jim Reynolds in left. Both played fine defensive games and drove Holy Cross outfielders to the fences to catch their drives. Neither collected a hit in four trips to the plate but yesterday that ranked them even with established Crimson sluggers...