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Word: creger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harvard Varsity 150's: stroke, Smith; 7, Dowd; 6, Evarts; 5, Clark; 4, Roosevelt; 3, Hall, G.; 2, Hall, A.; bow, Erhard; cox, Creger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Opens Against Cornell | 5/1/1948 | See Source »

...Louis farm system, not so dried up as some said, had grown a skinny, 20-year-old shortstop named Bernie Creger, for whom the Chicago Cubs would give a half-interest in Wrigley Field. Yet Creger had little chance to break into the Cardinals' crack lineup: to do that he would have to beat Marty ("Mr. Shortstop") Marion out of his job. At Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the up-&-coming Boston Braves were proud of bespectacled Earl Torgeson, who swings something like Ted Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Rookie Hunt | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

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