Word: delray
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DIED. Lou Little, 87, peppery football coach at Columbia University for 26 seasons beginning in 1930; of a heart attack; in Delray Beach, Fla. Little's teams were famous for upset victories, among them a 1934 Rose Bowl win over Stanford, but his most enduring legacy was a winning-isn't-the-only-thing philosophy that was reflected in the de-emphasis of football throughout the Ivy League in the 1950s. The sport, he worried, had become "a sensible game surrounded by crazy people...
Died. Robert Cruickshank, 80, plucky Scottish-born Hall of Fame golfer and gallery favorite; in Delray Beach, Fla. Winner of 20 PGA tournaments from 1921-50, the "Wee Scot" played with an ebullience that once moved him to doff his cap, throw his club in the air and shout, "Thank you, God!" after a crucial shot bounced out of a brook and onto the green. The club, naturally, landed on his head...
Died. William H. Grimes, 79, who helped expand the Wall Street Journal from a specialized financial paper into a national publication offering broad coverage; in Delray Beach, Fla. Grimes spent 38 years with the Journal, first as Washington bureau chief, then as managing editor (1934-1941) and editor (1941-1958). His thoughtful editorials, some of which called for minimum government controls, won him a Pulitzer Prize...
Baylee Reid nipped N. U.'s freshman Steve Hogan for a win in the 60-yard dash, with Chris Alvord taking third. Reid's time was 6.5. Delray Maughan and Walter Johnson were first and third in the 60-yard high hurdles; with Maughan's winning time given...
...event will be the hurdles, where N.U.'s Sweeney is given a good chance of breaking up Harvard's trio of Delray Maughan, Dewey Hickman, and Johnson...