Word: ducat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Because of the unprecedented demand for seats, Lunden has revealed that he will dispense with the usual method of ducat distribution. "There's no problem to speak of, "Lunden said," just no problem...
...should be," retorted the doctor hurriedly. He added, politely: "Giants ahead, six to nothing," and hung up. Once more the U.S. celebrated the seven days of the long lunch hour, the surreptitious telephone call, the quick office bet, and-to feverish New Yorkers-of the hunt for the ducat, the pasteboard, the seat at the game. BASEBALL FEVER, the sports pages dutifully reported, GRIPPED THE COUNTRY...
Under the old policy, the squad had received one free ducat for each game, and this was done for the first two home contests this season. The new rule might be reversed for the Yale game, unofficial reports said, but as yet no definite decision has been reached...
...Ducat Delivery...