Word: aced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stratton Story (M-G-M), in real life, began back in the 19303 when Monty Stratton, a Texas farm boy, got an irresistible yen for professional baseball. By 1938 Monty had become an ace pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. In the same year, as the result of a hunting accident, he lost his right leg and (so the sport world thought) all chance for a future in professional baseball. But Monty had courage as well as a good right arm. Bolstered by thousands of fan letters and an artificial leg, he fought his way back to the mound...
McInnis will, of course, have his ace, Ira Godin, ready to face the Lions today. HARVARD COLUMBIA Dunn, ss Lockwood, ss Caulfield, lf Weil, lf Crosby, c De Mayo 2b Coulson, 1b Rakowski, 3b Moffie, cf Klemovich, c Neal, rf Blundell, rf Mannino, 3b Nicoli, 1b Cavanaugh, 2b Coughlin, cf Godin, p Telefson...
Captain Jack Donelan has borne out Coach Dolph Samborski's pre-season prediction that he would be the ace of the hurling staff. He has started and finished four games, winning two, losing one, and trying the season opener, 2 to 2, with MIT. Control has been his strong point...
...Bellboys laced ace hurler Roger Davis for 11 hits, but mostly when two men were out. Lowell pitcher Bayard Robb gave up two hits in 81/2 innings, then he was relieved by Jerry Dwight, who allowed two more...
Anyone who ventured onto the spring practice field was immediately taken with the tremendous passing and kicking skill exhibited by the freshman ace. He is, in this observer's opinion, far and away the best passer of the postwar era in Cambridge. Unfortunately, 19-year-old Carroll Loewenstein only weighs 148 pounds, which is too light for a regular tailback in college football...