Word: ellises
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After the first minute and a half it was apparent that the Ellis would win, for the home forces were able to consistently foil the varsity's pressing defense and also to control both backboards with ease.
By last week it was evident that the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, had had enough. A government official stalked into the Plough and Dial, handed Pubkeeper Ellis a royal injunction restraining him from publishing any further details about the royal family. The injunction pointed out that...
Even Fleet Street reporters for Britain's brashest tabloids considered the Ellis articles to be "a bit near the bone."
The Lakers checked in at Charleston's Kanawha Hotel. The hotel clerk refused to give a room to Baylor and his Negro teammates, Ed Fleming and Alex ("Boo") Ellis. Angrily, the whole squad stalked out, registered at a Negro motel. "They were not even polite at the hotel,'...
Fleming and Ellis played as advertised against the Cincinnati Royals, but Baylor sat adamantly on the bench in street clothes, watched as the Lakers dropped their fifth straight game. At game's end a little white boy expressed disappointment that Elgin had not played. Said Baylor: "Son, I'...