Word: aced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lowly Chicago Cubs struck another blow at the Cardinals' pennant hopes yesterday by edging the Redbirds, 6 to 5. Ace St. Louis outfielder Stan Musial committed one of his rare errors in a bad spot, for the two runs that scored subsequently proved to be the winning margin. Bob Rush was the winning pitcher for Chicago though he was aided by four shutout innings of relief pitching by Walter Dubiel...
...today's games, Ralph Branca (13-5) will go for the Dodgers at Philadelphia against Philly ace Ken Heinizelman (17-9). At Chicago, Cardinal Harry Brecheen (14-10) will oppose Bob Chipman...
Except for Fanny Brice, as Baby Snooks, no woman comic has ever seriously challenged radio's top funnymen. Most radio comediennes (Mary Livingstone, Portland Hoffa, Jane Ace, Gracie Allen) stick to mixed-doubles family comedy...
Died. Van Amberg Bittner, 64, vice president of C.I.O and the United Steel-ivorkers; of a heart ailment; in Pittsburgh. One of C.I.O.'s ace organizers (he directed the postwar "Operation Dixie" to organize Southern labor), Bittner was president of a Mine Workers' local at 16, Pitched his wagon to the John L. Lewis star, but chose to stay as Phil Murray's lieutenant in the Steelworkers when Lewis' Mine Workers broke with C.I.O...
Tricks of the Trade. In Detroit, Patrolman Edward F. Borchardt, ace police retriever of stolen automobiles, was arrested for stealing an automobile...