Word: game
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sneering, he went on scourging the lawless, demonstrated his contempt for Harlan County's rulers by roughing up Sheriff Jim Cawood's son, throwing him in jail and accusing him of being drunk during a football game. One of his deputies quit, became chief of police at Evarts (TIME, Dec. 27), was promptly killed. Five other Evarts police chiefs quit or were arrested. Metcalfe paid no mind...
...awfully good. You eat them one at a time." A little girl clutched a large Cellophane-wrapped goody as if it were a doll. Explained her father: "She's never seen so much in her life." In dark, narrow alleys off Regent Street, boys played a game of marbles with rock candy balls, and the winners had a feast...
Godin got off to a shaky start and the Tigers lost no time in nicking him for the only run of the game. Captain George Kepler and Karl Gerber singled to center field. On an attempted sacrifice bunt by Jim Fairchild, Godin threw to third in an effort to force Kepler...
However the throw was late and the bases were loaded. On the next play. Walt Armstrong hit into a double play while Kepler scored. The Princeton run didn't look very big at that time, as Goding quickly settled down and pitched fine ball for the rest of the game. He allowed one more single and struck out ten. The visitors never threatened again...
...grew bigger as the game went on. Harvard touched Wolcott's fancy curve ball for just three hits--two of them by Herbie Neal--and only four base-runners reached second. Three infield outs and a strikeout quelled these "threats...