Word: balle
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...using a putter borrowed from Ben Hogan, who was still convalescing from a near-fatal auto crash. On the last green Sam eyed a tricky, 20-foot putt, then stepped up and tapped the ball with Hogan's putter. It rolled straight.and true for a birdie, a 67 for the round, 282 for the tournament. Said Sammy: "Who was the bum that started the story about I can't putt?" At 36, after ten tries, Sam Snead had finally won a Masters. It was his third tournament victory in a month...
...Soft Ball...
...started the Saturday night the Harvard Rugby Club arrived. Pan-American Airways, the driving host of the tourist trade, was holding a Welcome-Farewell formal ball at the Elbow Beach Surf Club. Some collegians, it seems, were leaving, and some were arriving; PAA were killing two birds with one stone. Refreshments, however, were not on the house...
Ballplayers at Ball...
Thursday the sun did not shine, and after a muddy day on the playing field against Yale, the team repaired to the Hotel Bermudiana where for $2 a head they attended the annual Rugby Ball. For a time, the Bermudiana toyed with the idea of charging $4 a man, but a short poll of the eligible guests beforehand showed this figure to be prohibitive. Most players were able to tear themselves away from the commitments at the Elbow Beach Surf Club in time to attend this, the keynote ball of Rugby Week...