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Mark Bingham followed with a soft double into the left center field gap. After a ground out, Peccerillo lofted a fly to deep right. The Jumbo right fielder turned over the wrong shoulder in pursuit down the field's gentle downslope toward the distant lacrosse goals and had it bounce off his glove for a double and a run batted in. Pec then came around on a quail to right by freshman center fielder Dan Skaff...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Batsmen Ground Jumbos, 4-0 As Two Combine for Shutout | 4/17/1979 | See Source »

Rick Pearce broke the string to open the eighth with a solid single to left. Bobby Kelley and Steve Tilles then advanced him to third with a perfect sacrifice and a sliced single to left respectively. Mike Stenhouse brought Pearce home with a fly to short center which Jumbo Dan O'Brien caught and made a strong peg toward the plate with. Yet first baseman and brother Kevin O'Brien mysteriously cut the throw off at the mound and still made a relay that almost nabbed Pearce...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Batsmen Ground Jumbos, 4-0 As Two Combine for Shutout | 4/17/1979 | See Source »

...more than McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed. These two companies have run out of steam because neither has launched a new model for the short-to medium-haul market. Says the consortium's French president, Bernard Lathière: "Three years ago, there were three major companies in the [jumbo] market-Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed. Today there are two-Boeing and Airbus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Flying High with Airbus | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Nehemiah is still only a sophomore at the University of Maryland. "He's practically a baby, and he's already run these miraculous times," marvels Villanova's Coach Jim ("Jumbo") Elliott, one of the leading coaches in the sport. Last Friday night the youngster further embellished his indoor record this year by winning the national Amateur Athletic Union Championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I Am No. 1! | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

...Jumbo Elliott calls Nehemiah the smoothest hurdler he has ever seen and, indeed, Nehemiah visualizes his event as a nearly unimpeded run down a straightaway. "I try to run right through the hurdle, as though it's not even there," he says. "A lot of hurdlers, you can see the jump when they run. With me, it's more or less running, then an exaggerated stride for the hurdle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: I Am No. 1! | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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