Word: duel
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...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...
...last two years the rivalry between these two teams has grown increasingly intense. Holy Cross had swept through six seasons undefeated against Harvard before 1950, but that year lost twice. In last season's only game the Crusaders won a thrilling pitcher's duel, 1-0, behind the six-hit hurling of Jim O'Neill...
...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...
Kefauver called in his 81-year-old father for a handshaking tour, and Illinois' Senator Paul Douglas flew down for some speeches. Watching this duel in the South, most politicians and reporters agreed that the odds favored Dick Russell. He is the regular Southern Democrat; he has powerful organization support (from Governor Warren, Florida's full congressional delegation) ; he was drawing bigger crowds than Kefauver. But the experts were beginning to get a little leary of quoting the odds when Estes Kefauver is running...
...Philadelphia, most fans assumed that Milers Don Gehrmann, Fred Wilt and Warren Druetzler would run a three-way duel while the rest of the field watched their spikes. But Gehrmann and Druetzler proved no mudders and, though Wilt sloshed along valiantly, Purdue's Denis Johansson, 23, splashed past the leaders on the last lap, all but floated across the finish line to win by 10 yards over Wilt. Johansson's time (4:18.2) was understandably slow. The real rub: Purdue's Johansson might easily repeat or better his performance at Helsinki this summer-and, as a Finnish...