Word: hamming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity lineup will have Dale Junta, Captain Brooks Harris, Ham Gravem, Ben Heckscher, Steve Gottlieb, and Connie Fischer at first through sixth singles. Harris-Junta, Heckscher-Cal Place, and Gravem-Fischer will form the three doubles combinations...
...first singles, Dale Junta returned to the lineup to defeat Dave Hicks 6-3, 6-0, while at second singles Captain Brooks Harris downed Neil Hulbut, 6-2, 6-4. In the remaining singles positions, Ham Gravem, Ben Heckscher, Steve Gottlieb, Connie Fischer, Cal Place, Steve Kay, Pete Krough, and Rod Nickols all won in two sets...
...Bother. There was no one around to bother the new champ. Roland La Starza, Ezzard Charles and Don Cockell, challengers of minor talents, tried, and they all came to pieces under Rocky's ham-handed macing. Last year Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore managed to put Rocky on the canvas for the second time in his pro career, but the champ righted himself as solidly as a hogshead of ale, and in the ninth round knocked Moore out. He was 31, and he still couldn't box, but there was still no one around to bother...
...turned over one-eighth of its floor space to an American-style snack bar. Georges Marcovich, the café's Manager of External Relations, i.e., pressagent, explained: "We want to attract the salaried American vacationer who gets tired of five-course meals at high prices and wants some ham and eggs [price: 65?]. We have tried to democratize ourself and yet remain the perfect gentleman...
...following will be sacrificed to the great god of twelve-months-a-year-tennis, in the order of their appearance on the altar: Captain Brooks Harris, Ham Gravem, Ben Heckscher, Steve Gottlieb, Maynard Canfield, and probably Karl Purnell. Harris and Gravem will team at first doubles, followed by Heckscher and Cal Place at second and Steve Kay and Ian Gianetti at third...