Word: lewes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with a series which can consist of 50 sprints over 100 yds., or 30 over 220 yds., or simply five half miles. Beyond that, Stampfl says he teaches his runners "to be complete masters of themselves. I try to lift them beyond themselves-for immortality may be only a lew minutes away...
...player in the world." There have been disbelievers from time to time: in 1955 the promoters of one tour guaranteed Tony Trabert $75,000 and Gonzalez only $15,000. An enraged Pancho told his opponent: "You'd better get used to losing." Trabert did. So did Frank Sedgman, Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall, as Gonzalez won the world professional championship every year from 1953 through 1959 and again in 1961. Some of the match-ups were so lopsided that promoters asked Gonzalez to "ease up a little." That was like asking an angry jungle cat to claw gently. Jack...