Word: ball
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Every sport-minded Navy officer in Honolulu knew about "Chug-Chug" Williams. For three years the star of the Navy submarine base team, he was a big, wide-shouldered outfielder, who batted lefthanded, whaled the ball at a .350 clip in the cleanup spot. Last year, he helped his team win the island championship. When the team was all set to leave for San Diego to compete for the Navy championship, Chug-Chug refused to go. A chief petty officer got suspicious. Two days later, Chug-Chug surrendered. He admitted he was Seaman First Class Louis B. Williams, sought...
...wandered around idly, fell into chow lines for his meals, slept in one barracks after another. "One day I saw some men throwing a baseball around," he said, "so I joined them because I always liked to play ball. After a while, I was on the baseball team...
...freshman soccer team kept the ball "on the carpet"--as Coach Poley Guyda would say--for the first time this season yesterday as it shut out the Brown '53 squad, 2 to 0, on the Business School Field...
Still unable to get their single wing moving, Adams was forced to kick shortly after receiving their second kickoff. Dick Cox picked up the loose ball and galloped 45 yards through the scattered Adams' secondary for the third score. The kick was again good and brought the score to the final 21 point total...
...object of this exertion isn't apparent at all times," the captain said, "but the team that rolls the ball through the goal is considered to have gained something of an advantage." Hitting people with the sticks is frowned upon in the sport, and the Mill Street A. A. shys away from close contact with their opponents...