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...Harvard softball squad's five-game winning streak one that began on Opening Day almost two weeks ago ended suddenly yesterday on a cold windy Soldiers Field Even Yardling Gerri Rubin's magical pitching wasn't enough to spark the hapless batwomen, who tell to a strong Smith squad...

Author: By Maria C. Barbuto, | Title: Batwomen Drop First Game, 5-2 | 4/15/1983 | See Source »

...aura in all big league baseball parks. The excitement generated by Pete Rose attempting to break DiMaggio's record of 56 games. Three-and-two bases loaded two outs bottom of the ninth tie score and Reggie's up. The great legacies of the Yankees. Tigers and even the hapless Cubs History And the tradition...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? | 4/8/1983 | See Source »

Anne Wilson, in similar fashion, walloped the ball at the B.U. second baseman, who demonstrated her juggling prowess while Mary MacKinnon headed home to tie the score. To top off her act, the hapless infielder threw the ball recklessly toward first Boyer beat the ball home and Wilson reached third...

Author: By Jon Askin, | Title: Batwomen Down Terriers, 6-4, In Come-From-Behind Victory | 4/7/1983 | See Source »

...employees away, charging them with destruction of U.S. Mail." The intrepid Post Office inspectors relied not only on their wits and their knowledge of human nature, but on the most up-to-date technology available. Hidden in a "lookout gallery" high above the floor where the hapless cookie-embezzlers were feasting, the inspectors used binoculars and video cameras to obtain the evidence that would send Ferguson and Wilson up the river...

Author: By David M. Rosenfeld, | Title: The Cookie Jar | 3/25/1983 | See Source »

Trailing 4-0 to UNH, the hapless Larries appeared doomed to become the first team in the 22-year history of the ECAC playoffs not to score in either of its final-four games...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: UNH Tops Saints, 5-2, to Take Third | 3/13/1983 | See Source »

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