Word: matches
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...After 7-ft. Wilt Chamberlain and his University of Kansas playmates took a stunning 39-37 beating from Iowa State, Kansas Basketball Coach Dick Harp went into seclusion with a set of chessmen to work out the right moves for the return match. When the Iowa Cyclones came back to Kansas, Chessman Chamberlain slipped out from his post position under the basket, pulled three Iowa defensemen to the foul line with him, gave his teammates room to drive in for scores. While "Wilt the Stilt" settled for only four field goals, Kansas won 75-64, all but took possession...
...McCall Corp.. succeeding Marvin Pierce, 63, who was made chairman of the board. Langlie, who served an unprecedented three terms as Washington governor (1940, 1948. 1952) and was defeated last November for the U.S. Senate, was picked for McCall's by California Financier Norton Simon (Ohio Match Co., Hunt Foods, Harbor Plywood), who began buying McCall stock in 1954 and now commands a controlling 35%. New Publisher Langlie was also elected as ninth pro-Simon director on the 17-man board...
Only in the sabre division, with a 7-2 margin, did the varsity match its expected performance. Doug Runnells led the team wth three wins, and Dave Silbert and Mitchell Thomas won two of three...
Generally considered to be the top college team in the country, the varsity was a solid pre-match favorite to bring its season's record to 5-0 and extend its undefeated string which had stretched over the past two years. But Navy never gave Harvard an inch, and only number one man Ben Heckscher was able to win his match...
Heckscher played his usual excellent brand of squash as he toppled Midshipman Ken Meneke, 15-9, 15-12, 5-15, 15-8, but his teammates were unable to duplicate his performance. The only really close match came at number nine singles where Hank Holmes lost a very tight match to Mike Mitchell...