Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week in Nassau, where the opposition was admittedly not up to that of former years, the Reventlow Scarabs completed a double victory, won the 252-mile Nassau Trophy event to match an earlier triumph in the 112.5-mile Governor's Cup race. Flushed with success, Reventlow returned to New York and a rendezvous with Starlet Jill St. John, on whose pretty finger he had placed a spectacular ring set with 100 diamonds. There were marriage rumors, but Reventlow declared a more serious ambition: developing a smaller-engined car to compete on the international Grand Prix circuit...
Joel Landau, the 1958 intercollegiate high and low hurdle champion, should have little trouble taking first in his specialty, to be run over the 40-yard indoor course. Crimson broad jumpers and pole vaulters are expected to triumph, and Dyke Benjamin in the distances, Art Cahn in the 1000-yard run, and John deKiewiet in the high jump are also definite favorites, McCurdy said...
...Crimson performance was sparked by three sophomore standouts. Bruce Hunter won the 50-yard freestyle and went on to triumph in the 100-yard freestyle. Robert Komenda took second in the 440-yard freestyle, and Bill Schellstede turned in a first place finish in the 200-yard butterfly...
...number one, captain Charlie Hamm blanked O. K. Lewis, Army's veteran star, 3 to 0, to put the Crimson ahead. But number two man Gerry Emmet, after racing to a 15-4 triumph in the first game dropped the next three rounds and the set to Ed Burban of Army...
Fred Vinton fought back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat his opponent, and Wally Stimson, Tony Lake, Kent Allen, and Charlie Poletti followed with wins to guarantee a Crimson triumph...