Word: balle
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...outsize Luger on his hip. If Low aced the Premier, he was "Not ready. Serve again." If Groza's return hit three feet outside the baseline, the sergeant would give Low a stern look, toggle his holster and grunt: "Goot!" And no matter where Low's ball hit, if the Premier couldn't get it, it was always "oot!" "Naturally," says Low, "I didn't beat the Premier. No one does. But I got the re-entry visa, without which I couldn...
...Dreamer. In a Guatemala City boarding house, rancor spilled from another Dominican exile. Ex-Millionaire Juan Rodriguez, who had sunk his fortune into the Legion, blamed Figueres for "playing ball with other factions." With a distasteful glance at the litter of papers in his shabby room, he sighed: "I never thought I'd come to Central America. But to kick out Trujillo, I'd go to China, or Japan-or even to hell...
...break came with 43 seconds to play: a free throw for the Dons. It looped through. The Dons froze the ball, iced the 1949 National Invitation Championship, 48-47. Most valuable player of the tournament (picked by N.I.T. judges): San Francisco's Lofgran...
...Oklahoma City, the underdog Oakland (Calif.) Bittners toppled Bob ("Foothills") Kurland and his Olympic teammates of the Bartlesville (Okla.) Phillips Oilers, 55-51, ended the Oilers' unbroken championship reign after six straight years. In the Western finals of the N.C.A.A. at Kansas City, Oklahoma A. & M.'s ball-control specialists outplayed Oregon State, 55-30, got set for the national finals in Seattle late this week...
...brawny six-footer with massive forearms, Groth seemed equally able to run, hit and throw, and he took a vicious right-handed cut at the ball in a style that reminded some sportwriters of "Ducky" Medwick in his heyday with the St. Louis Cardinals. Before the spring training even began, the Detroit Tigers had announced flatly that Johnny Groth would play center field for them this year. "I took one look at him," explained Manager Robert Rolfe, "and decided instantly." Added "Red" Rolfe: "He may develop into a hell of a ballplayer...