Word: rivalled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although the two rival moundsmen allowed the same number of hits, six each, a strong infield and Anderson's ability to hear down in a tight spot enabled the Quonset Carrier Aircraft Service Unit to squeeze out of the jams that occurred spasmodically from the first inning...
...ever to win the Sullivan Award (as outstanding U.S. amateur athlete of 1944), Ann Curtis was up to her free-style best. Swimming more skillfully the farther she swam, the San Francisco blonde won the 220-yd. final in second gear, had even less trouble taking the 440. Her rival in, the 100-yd. dash was beauteous, brunette Champion Brenda Helser. But Ann's single-mindedness paid off: she sprinted from behind the final lap and finished 18 inches ahead...
...Aerovias' competitors in Mexico know better than to judge the potential strength of their new rival by such standards. Fledgling Aerovias is backed by the million dollar fortune of able, affable Thomas E. Braniff. His American company, Braniff Airways, Inc., is the fifth largest airline in the U.S. (see map). Many Braniffmen are already on the job in Mexico, sharing their operating know-how with Aerovias' eager Mexican employes...
Last week rival airline operators thought they knew what was in the wind. They guessed that: 1) W. R. Grace & Co., ship operators, were bidding the stock up in building up their holdings in Eastern; 2) Eastern in turn was set to buy Grace's 50% stock ownership in lusty money-making Pan American-Grace Airways...
...Eastern should acquire Grace's half control of Panagra, it would still not be free of arch-rival Pan Am. The reason: Pan Am owns the other half of Panagra...