Word: ricks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Action in the last quarter slowed down a bit but George Hanford's Freshmen kept their heads above the water and finished up with a safe margin. Rick Hudner chalked up five goals, Bill Plissner and Dick Post got three each, and Ed Thayer picked up the remaining...
...Rick, son of World War air ace Eddle Rickenbacker, modestly terms himself merely a "weekend golfer." But some of Rick's weekends have certainly been big ones according to the newspaper clippings...
...addition to setting a new new course record of 62 at the Vernon Hills, New York links, last year, Rick has also knocked off number one honors in the Westchester Amateur Tournament for the past two years. And on his home course at Briarcliff-on-the-Hudson, Rick last Summer beat a slightly rusty "Jug" McSpaden by a 67 to 70 score...
...Rick started his golfing at the tender ago of six, when his father decided it would be a nice idea if the whole family took part in his weekend tour of the Briarcliff links. "I just hacked away until the age of 15. Then it suddenly occurred to me that maybe I ought to really start learning...
...Rick is now 20, and his present record shows the concentrated effort he's exerted in the past five years. Although eliminated in the second round of last year's New York championships, Rick was nevertheless credited with having the best swing in the match by veteran golfer Jimmy Donaldson...