Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Frederick C. Cabot '59 has been named coach of Freshman crew, succeding William T. Leavitt who will take over varsity crew at Rutgers University...
From the start, the big (6 ft., 190 lbs.), crew-cropped junior from Ohio State approached last week's 59th U.S. Amateur at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs as though it were just a casual round with his buddies back home in Columbus. Jack Nicklaus, 19, joked with opponents and officials alike, was undaunted by the tricky greens of the 7,010-yd. course hacked out of the eastern slope of the Rampart Range, 6,500 ft. above sea level. Because of the backdrop of jagged peaks, some level greens seemed to slope uphill, some uphill greens...
...tennis is in a poor state. With the single exception of Cincinnati's crew-cut Tony Trabert, who turned pro in 1955, the U.S. has not produced a tennis star of consistent world championship caliber since Pancho Gonzales began to play for pay in 1949. Furthermore, the raids of Pro Promoter Jack Kramer on Australia's crack performers have lopped off amateur stars as fast as they emerged. Three years ago an erratic, second-string southpaw named Neale Fraser was ranked well behind Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall, was later overshadowed by Mai Anderson and Ashley Cooper...
What holds this odd and elderly crew together is the majors' firmest backbone up the middle: Veteran Catcher Sherm Lollar, 35, who can steady a shaky pitcher with a word; slick Shortstop Luis Aparicio, 25, and quick-handed Second Baseman Nellie Fox, 31, the best double-play combination in baseball; and Centerfielder Jim Landis, 25, one of the fastest fly chasers in the business. Under Manager Al Lopez' fatherly hand, the hitless-wonder White Sox, young and old alike, scamper the bases with glee, turn so cool in the clutch that they have...
Automatic Mail Canceler. An automatic mail-facing and canceling machine that positions up to 500 letters a minute for canceling was introduced by Pitney-Bowes Inc. The new machine, being installed in post offices around the country, has been processing 27,000 letters an hour with a six-man crew, v. 16.000 letters an hour by a ten-man crew working manually. Price...