Word: jacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Coach Jack Barnaby does not rate any of his men as top contenders for the title. The men to watch are the host team's Steve Vehslage, now rated as the top intercollegiate player in the country, and the highly rated captain of Dartmouth, Dickie Hoehn, son of the Indian's coach...
...agreement left Humphrey free and clear to set up the best-bet strategy for stopping the Democratic presidential frontrunner, Massachusetts Senator Jack Kennedy. That best bet: 1) get himself identified in the Senate and on the stump as the favorite son of Midwestern Democrats; 2) challenge and beat Jack Kennedy in the Midwest in the important Wisconsin presidential primary; 3) fight hard for the well-heeled support of the strongest anti-Kennedy forces, those still hoping against hope for Adlai Stevenson...
...Coach Jack Barnaby definitely feels that his team can win, and coach John Skillman of Yale undoubtedly agrees with him. This year's squad is one of the deepest in Crimson history, and the number nine man can give the number three man a very rough match. This may be the deciding factor today...
From the opening whistle, the Cornell game could hardly be called a contest. Harry Pratt had a single save in the Crimson nets during the first period, while Peter Tague stopped only three more shots in the rest of the "contest." Jack Detwiler, victim of a seemingly hapless defense, nevertheless stopped the nearly astronomical total of 61 shots...
...walls were pierced by openings that looked like windows in ancient outbuildings from which spectators peered out like court nobles in an old print. At the exclusive Racquet and Tennis Club on Manhattan's Park Avenue, devotees were watching Northrup R. Knox, 30, challenge 41-year-old Albert ("Jack") Johnson for the world open championship of the ancient game of court tennis...