Word: thad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that Cassius Clay is no longer recognized as heavyweight champion of the world, the rest of the boys are slugging it out in an "elimination tournament" to find a new champ. On this card: Leotis Martin (ninth-ranked) v. Jimmy Ellis (ranked eighth), and Ernie Terrell (fourth-ranked) v. Thad Spencer (fifth-ranked). Live from Houston's Astrodome...
...Master Adolph Rupp, the Wildcats were an impeccable, diligently honed unit. But the Miners, as one opposing coach observed, "don't let you play the way you want to." And they didn't let Kentucky. From the opening jump-off between Miner David Lattin and Wildcat Thad Jaracz, they had Kentucky off balance and off the goal. Midway through the first half, when Bobby Joe Hill, 21, Texas Western's standout guard, cleanly stole the ball twice in a row at midcourt, the Wildcats went into a reel that they never quite pulled out of. With...
...season. Forward Pat Riley has boosted his scoring average 5.6 points to 20.8. And Guard Tommy Kron has turned into a tiger on the backboards-thanks to a Rupp-prescribed weight-lifting program to develop his pushing muscles. The big new addition is 6-ft. 5-in. Sophomore Center Thad Jaracz, a local boy from Lexington who put in an undistinguished year on Kentucky's freshman team last season. Rupp took a chance on Thad, and it paid off. By scoring 16.7 points a game, Jaracz has lightened the defensive pressure on Dampier and Riley...
Since it would have been more expensive to buy a new surface site, explained Architect Thad Harden, "we just dug a big hole and built the school in it." Two stories deep, the building has 18 classrooms, all completely soundproofed. The air is changed every three minutes, and with the elimination of dirt, windows and exposed walls, maintenance costs are drastically reduced. The school, which is also tornadoproof, looks best from the air. Zooming in to land, SAC pilots see only a neatly landscaped plot beneath which 475 pupils peacefully study, full time...