Word: contest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...commenting on the Princeton game, which the Varsity dropped 1 to 0 on Saturday afternoon, the Tiger coach cited as the turning point of the contest Bill Hamlen's tremendous fourth Inning drive to left field with two on and two out, on which the left fielder made a great catch after a long run. "It was one of the longest hits I've seen all year, "said Dolph Samborski last night, "and would certainly have made the score 3 to 1 in our favour if it hadn't been caught...
...served overseas in World War I, returned to finish his law studies. By 1940 he had a pretty wife, three children, a medium-sized income in a medium-sized Montreal law firm, and an idea that he might like to be a judge. As a steppingstone, he decided to contest St. Antoine-Westmount, where no Liberal was supposed to have a chance. To his own surprise, he was elected...
Ultimately the judges wee forced to choose one afternoon and one evening dress. "The neatest neck-line in years" won the former contest, while a costume entitled "Just right for a woodland nymph" copped the latter. The pajamas "to slip into after a swim," lost out primarily because nobody could figure out when they should be worn--although Vaughn had a knowing look...
...yards to tally twice for the Plympton marauders. Behind good blocking and spirited team play, run after run crossed the platter before the Dutch Tile merchants could organize their defense. Only Minus Goodenough failed to score for the journalists in the free-for-all hitting contest...
Both Yardling and Jayvee nines felt the weather as the Freshman contest with the Big Green at Hanover and the Suffolk University game with the Junior Varsity on Soldiers Field yesterday were postponed...