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...because it doesn't blow anyone off the field, score on picture perfect pass plays, or win on pure skill. The reason, I think, is simple: Harvard soccer is again being played, after several years of foreign-dominated squads, by Americans who, while perhaps not as good as the Gomez's, Thomas's and Hinze's of the past, deserve a chance to play, an opportunity afforded to relatively few Americans during Harvard's years...
Prominent among the other alumni are 1970 Captain Solomon Gomez and goalie Bill Meyers '71. The oldest alumnus in the group is Dr. Ward Stingerland...
...thank everybody for making this day necessary," said Yogi Berra, wiping away a tear. The youngest player ever to be inducted, Sandy Koufax, 36, thanked the coach "who pushed me, shoved me, embarrassed me and made me work, and thank God for him." After similar expressions from Lefty Gomez, Early Wynn and Buck Leonard, it came time for the award to Josh Gibson, the greatest batter in the Negro leagues. Gibson died in 1947, but Josh Gibson Jr. was on hand to receive the plaque: "I want to say a personal word to my father: Wake up, Dad, you just...
...outs in the bottom of the ninth when two guys hit the ball pretty good, and suddenly the winning run was on third with Bud McCormick, the Reds' clean-up hitter, coming up. It was a do-or-die situation, and I decided to bring in Lefty Gomez...
...government is that to pay an extortionist's demands simply invites more attempts. But with a fleet of 239 planes and a daily passenger load of about 30,000 at this time of year, TWA may have felt that it had to make an attempt to deal with Gomez. A private plane, perhaps containing the $2,000,000, flew from New York to Atlanta. It returned to New York four hours later, and a nervous TWA spokesman subsequently said that Gomez had not been heard from again by week...