Word: squad
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Thank to a generous gift from the Friends of Harvard Track, the varsity track squad will train for a week at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Thirty-five men, including three coaches, will fly to Florida Saturday morning and return on Sunday, April...
...coaches have made it clear that the journey will be anything but a pleasure ride for the squad. There will be two stiff workouts every day, and the team will stay in the college dormitories. Informal competition and intrasquad meets will keep the team at a fine competitive edge...
...returning lettermen from last year's Ivy League championship team will lead the squad, headed by Captain Ned Weld. Other lettermen include Tim Gallwey. Fred Vinton, Bill Wood, Laurie Pratt and Jim Cameron. In addition, there are several promising sophomores prospects, especially Bob Bowditch, Jorge Lemann and Bob Schwartzman, the aces of last year's excellent freshman team...
...academic difficulties, several Crimson swimmers will not make the trip. Consequently, Coach Bill Brooks will field only a hard-core squad consisting of those with good chances for individual honors. Leading this group are Jim Stanley in the 100 and 200-yard breast stroke and Bruce Hunter in the sprints...
Fidel Castro is plainly convinced that in the realm of definitive justice, nothing beats a firing squad-even if Cuba's constitution forbids capital punishment. Last week he announced that his government would draft a new law demanding firing-squad executions for embezzlers of government money...