Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Captain Johnny Lee, undefeated lightweight last year, will not see action for the first few meets because of a knee operation that he underwent last September. Pickett hopes to have the National A.A.U. 123-pound winner ready for the first meet in January...
...race went on, to heightened public interest. Of the 97 starting cars, only 35-all but two U.S. models-finished out the race. Among the starters who dropped out: Hershel McGriff of Portland, Ore., winner of the 1950 race. The two foreign cars that went the route, both lightweight 1951 Italian Ferraris, came in first and second. Leading the pack was Italy's white-haired Piero Taruffi, who finished fourth last year. Taruffi's Ferrari covered the 1,933 miles at an average speed of 88.2 m.p.h., 9.8 m.p.h. faster than McGriff's 1950 mark. Runnerup...
...California, Lightweight Art Aragon is known as the "Golden Boy." He has a handsome profile, a flashy boxing style, and a smashing left that has knocked out half of his opponents. In Harlem, Lightweight Jimmy Carter is known by no nickname, has the plug-ugly looks of a club fighter, and has about as much crowd appeal as a store-window dummy in the rush hour. But Carter has some assets of his own: a deep pride in the lightweight title he took from Ike Williams in an upset last May, and, as the boxers say, "a pair of good...
...Lightweight Championship (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS & CBS-TV). Jimmy Carter v. Art Aragon; from Los Angeles...
...CRIMSON regrets the error. Because of the temporary absence of our prep school rowing editor, we were forced to consult the Yale Dally News of October 5, which termed the Ell 1950 lightweight crew "undefeated...