Word: solids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Colburn was the big question mark along with Hardin before the race, due to an injury to his left ankle. But the red-headed sophomore started out fast, hanging with Baker for the first mile and a half before dropping back for a solid fourth place finish...
...With all these injuries, we're in the soup, walking on the vegetables," is the way soccer coach Bruce Munro described the outlook for his 20th Harvard season, which opens today with a game against Tufts. Munro's point is well taken, for surrounding a solid core of first-string returnees there is a lot of murk...
...Credit for creating the organization goes to A. L. Jagoe, a Washington insurance executive and longtime volunteer in social work. He explains that the plan was blueprinted by borrowing ideas: "A little from the Boy Scouts, a little from Alcoholics Anonymous, and a little from fraternity life." Jagoe got solid advice from several ex-cons during Bonabond's drawing-board stage; once launched, the organization was turned over to them...
They may have to, because none of the four teams seems capable of launching a winning streak that would allow it to pull away in the final three weeks. The Chicago White Sox have solid pitching, but they also have a team batting average of .229. The Boston Red Sox can hit, but their pitching is so shaky that Manager Dick Williams is talking about using his lone ace, Righthander Jim Lonborg (record: 19-7), every two days. The Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers need heavy slugging from their superstars, Harmon Killebrew and Al Kaline. Yet as of last...
...second-division teams, except for a two-game series with Minnesota. The Twins (odds: 8-5) still have three games left with the Chicago White Sox (2-1), who in turn must play two against the Detroit Tigers (2-1). Whichever team wins is practically certain to be a solid underdog in next month's World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals...