Word: bubba
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bubba Tongay, 5, and his sister Kathy, 4, have been knocking off long-distance swimming records ever since they were old enough (ten months) to dog-paddle. Back home in Miami, the wide-shouldered, sun-scorched Tongay kids swim seven miles before breakfast every morning. Last year Bubba swam 22 miles down the Mississippi. The kids' father and trainer, ex-Coast Guardsman Russell Tongay, had an extraordinary plan: he wanted the children to swim the ig-mile English Channel and maybe win some of the $19,600 prize money offered by the London Daily Mail...
Last week Russell, Bubba, Kathy and their schoolteacher mother arrived in Britain, all set to spend the summer giving swimming exhibitions to raise money for the Channel try late this summer. Russell was sure that Bubba could make it, although Kathy, he conceded, might well have to give up before the end. As it turned out, however, neither of the kids was likely even to get wet. A small tidal wave of indignation swept Britain. Letters to the newspapers denounced the scheme as cruel exploitation. "I cannot help thinking," said Home Secretary James Chuter Ede in the House of Commons...
Philadelphia won last year, but it took a lot of luck and a very fast start. Curt Simmons is gone, and Bob Miller and Bubba Church are question marks. Robin Roberts, Jim Konstanty, and Ken Heintzelmen give them a strong enough staff to make up for a weak-hitting infield...
Either Meyer, Bubba Church, or Bob Miller will face Don Newcombe today. Should Brooklyn win both games, the two teams will meet in a best-of-three playoff beginning Monday...