Word: got
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Gees started peddling their demos in the crowded, demanding London scene. They received scant interest until they got a call from a Mr. Stickweed, who turned out to be Robert Stigwood, the pop music nabob. An audition was arranged. Stigwood arrived, late and hung over, and kept his head buried in his arms as the boys gave him their version of Puff (The Magic Dragon). "We started to worry we were making his hangover even worse," Maurice remembers. Finally Stigwood cut them off, mumbled something that sounded complimentary and signed them to a five-year contract. Says Robin: "We realized...
Besides the various college squads, Harvard got some difficult challenges from minor league squads. The batsmen tied the Red Sox farmhands 5-5 on March 24 and beat the Pirates' minor leaguers 7-0 the following day before being put in their place by the Twins bushers and Dodger Triple-A stars, 10-0 and 17-0, respectively...
...first game the Crimson came back from a 6-3 deficit with ten runs in the seventh and four in the ninth to successfully fend off the Oshkosh offense. Harvard used four pitchers, but righthanded ace Larry Brown finished up and got the win. Mike Stenhouse provided most of the plate punch, going 3 for 6 with six RBIs on a three-run homer and a triple...
...Northwood clash the Crimson got two runs in the sixth to break a 2-2 deadlock. Stewart scattered seven hits and gave up an earned run in going the distance, while Stenhouse was 2 for 3 with a double...
Harvard managed only three hits in the contest, and got all its runs in the third when designated hitter Bobby Jenkins reached on an error, Stenhouse walked, and then Bingham hit a triple to score them both before coming home himself on a throwing error by the third baseman immediately afterward...