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Word: duels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Devens and Mahoney were the rival pitchers in that duel and it is likely that the same pair will be on the mound tomorrow. Devens, however, who won the first game with his triple when the bases were loaded and lost it by his numerous walks and his error in the ninth inning, should ascend the mound this afternoon under much more favorable circumstances. In the Worcester contest he had the disadvantage of pitching before a highly partisan crowd of some 5000 spectators which swept the field with yelling whenever the Purple threatened the Crimson lead. Tomorrow, on his home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BALL TEAM SEEKS REVENGE ON HOLY CROSS TOMORROW | 6/3/1932 | See Source »

...interesting letter in TIME. April 25, p. 10 in regard to "Rumanians & Popcorn" which informs us that dueling is unlawful in Rumania reminds us of the Non-Dueling Oath in South Carolina which each Governor has been required to take since 1881: When the present Governor, Ibra C. Blackwood, took the oath of office Jan. 20, 1931, he swore among other things that he would not engage in dueling during his term of office. Moreover all governors of the Palmetto State take the the oath that they have not engaged in any affair in the court of honor since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 30, 1932 | 5/30/1932 | See Source »

...Cash-Shannon duel still bothers South Carolinians who "hold honor dearer than life." Col. Ellerbe Boggan Crawford Cash's wife held a judgment against her brother's property. A client of Col. William M. Shannon and Capt. William L. DePass held a junior judgment and contested the sale of the property to satisty Mrs Cash's claim. The legal basis of the contest was a charge of fraud between Mrs. Cash and her brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 30, 1932 | 5/30/1932 | See Source »

...game played on the Cambridge Common yesterday afternoon, the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau triumphed over the Harvard Law Review by a score of 16-15. The contest developed into a pitchers' duel between J. B. Watson 3L, and Julius Rosenberg...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legal Aid Wins | 5/17/1932 | See Source »

...rallies to win over a hard-fighting Pennsylvania nine by a 5 to 3 score on Saturday afternoon. Despite the wet condition of Soldiers Field and the occasional showers, Devens managed to retire ten Pennsylvanians with case and settled with Powhida for his defeat in an unlucky pitcher's duel in Harvard's first game of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEVENS PITCHES BRILLIANT GAME IN 5 TO 3 VICTORY | 5/9/1932 | See Source »

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