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Word: catch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...occasion, but the triumph of the red-ink team was even more noteworthy than ever before. It was with the deepest regret that its captain was forced to agree to calling the game at the end of the 11th inning, in order to allow the last Lampoon player to catch the 5.15 ambulance for Mt. Auburn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Cohorts Crash Out 17 Home Runs and 13 Triples For Tremendous 23-2 Victory Over Comic Collegians | 5/17/1923 | See Source »

...Guinea the natives refer to all girls as " Mary's" - to go a-wooing is going " to catch a Mary," according to a professional woman traveller recently returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: May 12, 1923 | 5/12/1923 | See Source »

...quick, hard catch was one of the points specially emphasized by Coach Muller, who took the stroke position in Crew A for a short time himself and piloted the oarsmen through several short starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150-POUND EIGHT DEFINITELY PICKED | 5/10/1923 | See Source »

...suggestion that navy boats and navy personnel be used to catch rum runners is still the subject of discussion in Washington. According to reports: the President favors it; the Navy Department looks askance; the Attorney-General is preparing an opinion; it is not legal; there are no funds for it in the Treasury Department (which enforces the Volstead law); it is illegal to spend Navy funds for the purpose; the Navy has no funds; there is an emergency fund which might be used. In brief: nothing is yet done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Chasers | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

...seconds' one chance to score came in the second, when Fullbright, with a man on second, knocked a liner to deep center field. Clark, who played a dependable game throughout the contest, made a long run and a spectacular one-handed catch that brought the inning to an unexpected close...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY NINE SHUTS OUT SECOND TEAM 11-0 | 5/1/1923 | See Source »

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