Word: duel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Almost from the start the race was a spectacular, bitter duel between Troy Ruttman, driving an Agajanian Special, and Bill Vukovich, in a Fuel Injection Engine Special. Ruttman took the lead on the twelfth lap of the 2½-mi. brick and tar speedway. Vukovich, out after the $100-a-lap prize money, grabbed it back again on 13, held it to 55, when he made a fast stop for oil. Then Ruttman popped back in front. On lap No. 83, Vukovich took the lead again and Ruttman's car, a lap later, lost time fighting a fire under...
...Switzer came off the bench yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field to tack a highly dramatic finish onto what had been an exciting 13 inning pitchers duel with Tufts. Switzer hit a pinch double with two out and two on to give the Crimson a well earned 3 to 2 win over the Jumbos...
...Blackmer, who is apparently responsible for most of the corruption in California. Blackmer's good friend, sultry Yvonne de Carlo, horsewhips McCrea and then tries to have him shanghaied, but deep down she really loves him. In the end, McCrea, assisted by Yvonne, bests Blackmer in a shotgun duel on horseback and sets the stage for law & order in San Francisco. A horse opera that tries determinedly to be rugged, The San Francisco Story merely succeeds in being ragged...
...nine innings, the afterpiece was an exciting 0-0 duel between righthanders Donelan and Frank Logan. The former had a scoreless streak of 20 innings intact going into the tenth. Then a walk, a sacrice, a game-winning single by Churchill, and two doubles by John Brower and Warren Cassidy gave Dartmouth the game. Composite Harvard Box-Score ab r h po a e Krinsky, ss 7 0 0 3 7 1 Robinson, rf 9 1 3 4 0 0 Johnson, 1b 9 1 2 17 0 0 Walsh, c, cf 6 0 1 12 1 0 Akillian...
...mile will probably develop into a duel between Dave Gregory of the Crimson and Yale's George Dole. On paper, Dole looks like a winner because of his more consistent performances...