Word: racing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...middle of April brought a frustrating reversal of form on the part of the Shepardmen. Sound thrashings at the hands of Navy, Northeastern, and Springfield effectively dashed the hopes of the week before; and subsequent (close) losses to Army and Pennsylvania put the Crimson out of the Eastern League race for good...
...Dead last going into the first turn at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, Mrs. Halina Braunstein's three-year-old colt Royal Orbit, a 7-to-1 shot, swung wide at the head of the stretch, put on a great burst of speed, romped home a comfortable four lengths ahead to win the 83rd running of the Preakness Stakes and $136,200 for his joyful owner...
...striking girl in the white evening gown, "but I never thought I'd win it." Last week Sophomore Nancy Street, 19, was indeed voted Miss Indiana University in the first beauty contest she ever entered. Real reason for her surprise: Nancy is a Negro, the first of her race to become a beauty queen on the Indiana campus. A speech and theater major, she defeated 14 white coeds with her good looks and a dance interpretation of Harlem Nocturne, will now compete for the state's Miss Indiana title. If she wins that one, Nancy gets a crack...
...sixth place in overall U.S. car sales. Last week "Bunky" Knudsen's hot-rodding Pontiac was at the top of the medium-price field, with 30% of that market; sales were up (117% in April, 60% for the year), and Pontiac was in a nip-and- tuck race with lower-priced Plymouth for third place in overall standings. On G.M.'s corporate-profit sheets, Pontiac stood second only to Chevrolet; around the G.M. building in Detroit there was quiet talk that Bunky Knudsen might well become G.M. president some day. From the start, Bill Knudsen insisted that...
...Eastern League race shapes up as a repetition of the past two years, with no one likely to offer the Crimson and Yale much competition. The Elis, although they will have Dell, Gene Scott and Wallace back, lose Tom Freiberg, Jon Clark, and Sandy Wiener (two, three and five). They have one excellent freshman prospect in Mike Neely...