Word: holing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When he began digging the well under Brooklyn's Sixteenth Avenue Garage, brawny, heavy-shouldered Dominick Atteo took all the short cuts he could. He had done hundreds of such sweaty, commonplace jobs, and all the garage owner wanted was a hole to supply water for car washing during the New York water shortage. At 50, Dominick had six children and a pretty auburn-haired wife, and had to stretch dollars as far as they would...
...finally called in. They cut the ends from an oil drum, lowered it around him as protection against further caving and then began to shore the well with lumber and rig supports under the roof in case digging weakened the pillar. A crowd gathered. Photographers fired flashbulbs down the hole; Dominick grinned up sheepishly...
Schwalb was playing the last match of the day with the score tied. On the final hole he sank the winning 12-foot putt, although it was nearly dark. His teammates promptly elected him captain...
...Tiger match, Crimson Captain Bob Matson lost his match at the 19th hole to Bill Ragland, Princeton captain, and the four following positions followed suit. Only six and seven men Dave Gorman and Hugh Nawn salvaged wins...
...dark horse" Crimson golf team lived up to its reputation as a team to be considered, as it trounced Columbia yesterday, 6 to 1, in the first round of the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf Tournament at the Salem Country Club. In the two 18-hole rounds today, the varsity is a slight favorite over Princeton and is rated about even with Yale, the defending champion...