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Word: contest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stahleymen went into a 20 to 12, loud at half-time, and they were never seriously threatened until the closing moments of the contest As the final minutes ticked off, Brown threw a scare into the Yardlings as they whittled away the long lead which had been piled up against them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FESLERMEN DEFEATED BY BROWN 53-31; YARDLINGS TROUNCE BRUIN CUBS 48-44 | 12/15/1938 | See Source »

Stahley used about ten players, and they all handled themselves well in the free scoring contest. Individual high point honors again went to Ed Buckley and Joe Romano with 14 and 12 tallies respectively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FESLERMEN DEFEATED BY BROWN 53-31; YARDLINGS TROUNCE BRUIN CUBS 48-44 | 12/15/1938 | See Source »

With eight lettermen and a strong Freshman contingent serving as the main cogs of his team, Coach Ken Loeffier has started intensive preparation for the opening Eli contest of the year against Lafayette, and there has been a strong feeling that this year the Blue are headed for the heights...

Author: By D. DONALD Peddle, | Title: Indian Hoopmen Have Good Chance of Keeping Title in Intercollegiate Loop | 12/13/1938 | See Source »

...next game for Hodder's men after tonight's contest, will be against Southern California on Saturday night at the Arena. The Coast team, composed largely of imported Ganadian stars, should provide a very tough second encounter for the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Hockey Season Opens Tonight | 12/13/1938 | See Source »

...contest for the title of "proudest small town in America," judges awarded the prize to Cadiz, Ohio (pop., 2,597). Reason: it "has had more citizens of wide renown than any other community under ten thousand population." Some famed Cadizians: Critic Percy Hammond, Cinemactor Clark Gable, Robert P., Charles S. and Thomas A. Scott, inventors of ''the peach parer, the pea viner and the pea podder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 12, 1938 | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

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