Word: foul
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...left front hoof, the mere mention of his name was enough to reduce the field to two other horses: Rehabilitate, an also-runner, and Abe's Hope, a hard-luck colt who won the Florida Derby last month only to have the victory wiped out by a foul...
Punctuating the uninteresting procession of runners across the plate were a few legitimate highlights: John Dockery left the Brandeis catcher gaping with a breathtaking hook slide following a first-inning foul grounder by Jeff Grate. The Judges' center fielder retreated to the infield of the freshman diamond when Lord came to the plate after his first-inning triple. Brandeis caught Grate off third base with the old hidden ball trick. And Jim Tobin got a 20-foot "triple" when at least four Judges mishandled the ball...
...next inning, Dockery again made a running catch and then dashed in the opposite direction to haul in a long foul for another out. By the game's end, the Crimson captain had six putouts, few of them routine...
Flash Floods. "I have another one here from Doug Kiker, a Herald Tribune reporter who works hard," continued Fleming. "He wrote a pre-Easter story out of San Antonio: 'President Johnson is in a foul mood this Easter Sunday, apparent for all to see.' " But Johnson was on the L.B.J. ranch. "Kiker saw the President from 78 miles away. He has better eyes than I have. And stronger perception too." Among his other complaints, Fleming cited an Associated Press story out of Saigon by Malcolm Browne, who stated that the President had ordered the military...
Fans at ringside screamed "Foul!, Foul!", but Referee Jack Silvers just shrugged. "Chuvalo is a body puncher," he explained later, "and stopping him from hitting low is like cutting off his arm." In the third round, the Canadian pinned Clay against the ropes, belted him a dozen times with right and left hooks-all below the belt. The judges applauded that display by awarding Chuvalo the round...