Word: necked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hour later Benjamin faced the Big Red's Nat Cravener in the two-mile. The two men raced neck-and-neck until Cravener passed Benjamin with two laps to go. Again Benjamin turned on his overwhelming finishing kick, winning this time by more than 15 yards in the meet record time...
Died. Don Black, 41, Cleveland pitcher who overcame a career-crippling drinking problem by joining Alcoholics Anonymous, within months (1947 season) threw a no-hitter against the Athletics, next year twisted his neck while batting and suffered a hemorrhage that ended his playing days; of lung cancer; in Akron...
...toughest test so far this spring, the varsity track team will face Penn and Cornell in a triangular meet tomorrow in the Stadium. Penn is strong and deep, and Cornell's scattered stars could take enough points away from the Crimson total to turn the meet into a neck-and-neck battle...
...hulking teen-ager stood by the shotput ring in his track suit, the muscles in his 17½-in. neck bulging, his 50-in. chest heaving in easy rhythm. Dallas Crutcher Long III spoke almost casually of distances never before achieved with the 16-lb. shot. "I should hit at least 66 feet by the end of the year." he said...
...until there was less than a quarter of a mile left in the race that the J.V. increased its tempo as both boats drove forward neck and neck. The timing and bladework of the Crimson eight remained smooth as it raced across the finish line rowing...