Word: gaming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Money Game, 'Adam Smith...
When Illinois' new Republican Governor,Richard Ogilvie, went to Wrigley Field last week for the Chicago Cubs' opening game, some brisk applause greeted him. "If I'd showed up there a week earlier," he observed, "they'd probably have thrown beer cans...
...seemingly lacked the spine or energy to wage more than a languid, token campaign against Hubert Humphrey for his party's nomination. What kind of a man, they wonder, can reject frantic calls from campaign aides at key moments, first because he is watching the All-Star baseball game on television, next because he is playing softball with a group of nuns? What about his pettiness toward opponents, his long refusal to endorse Humphrey after the Vice President won the nomination, or his peculiar reaction to the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia as something one should not get excited about...
Harvard appeared on its way to tying the game in its half of the ninth when Pete Bernhard tripled to left-centerfield with one out. Neil Hurley hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Bob Murphey who fired high to the plate. Bernhard slid and although catcher McGlauglin never bent over to make the tag, the umpire called Bernhard out. A violent protest by captain John Ignacio failed to change the decision...
Eagle coach Eddie Pellagrini called on pithcer Bill Gerrity to face Ignacio. Gerrity went to a 3-2 count before he walked in the trying run. A single to left by sophomore Bill Kelly scored DeMichele from third and ended the game...