Word: gainers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After rushing 281 yards Saturday to become the nation's leading college ground-gainer. Marinaro was again selected as the ECAC Sophomore of the Week for the third consecutive time...
John Short, a junior who led the freshman team in rushing two years ago, has taken over Beter's position. But Beter was the Indians' leading ground gainer last fall, and coach Bob Blackman was convinced he would be All-Ivy this year...
Gatto is Harvard's all-time leading ground-gainer and second-leading scorer, having established both records last fall as he captained the Crimson to an undefeated season and the co-championship of the Ivy League...
...feels he was exploited when he was an all-pro fullback for the Cleveland Browns, agrees. Two years ago, he organized the United Athletic Association to represent black athletes. Among his first clients was Leroy Kelly, who succeeded Brown at Cleveland as the league's leading ground gainer. At the time, Kelly was making $21,000 a year; last year Brown's firm negotiated a new contract that will pay the running back $320,000 over four years...
Winners and Losers. In picking the winner, President Johnson went along with many-but not all-of the original recommendations. Probably the greatest gainer was Los Angeles-based Continental Airlines, only the eleventh biggest U.S. airline. Its new runs to Samoa, Micronesia, Australia and New Zealand will make it a sizable inter national carrier. Another big gainer was TWA, which was awarded rights to fly from the U.S. to Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places. By linking its new Pacific runs with its existing transatlantic ones, which go as far as Hong Kong, TWA will become a round-the-world...