Word: hoops
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Louisville, with most of last year's two-year-old glamor horses benched, not even Colonel Matt Winn's well-oiled tub-thumping machinery could make the 71st Kentucky Derby much more than just another horse race. Hoop Jr. splashed his way to a six-length victory in the richest Derby on record (winner's value: $64,850). Second: Calumet Farm's favored Pot o' Luck...
Intramural swimming is scheduled to get under way in two or three weeks, while baseball, softball, and tennis will replace basketball when the athletic program moves outdoors on April 23. The coming hoop tourney is the third since the present basketball season started last term...
...quintet proved the margin of victory. After seeing three games slip away from his charges as they failed to capitalize on their free throws, Stahl had his entire squad practicing from the foul line during the week. His efforts bore fruit, for 12 of 14 attempts went through the hoop...
...there is nothing "informal" about the schedule which faces team. In addition to Brown, they still have to tangle with Holy Cross, conqueror of Indiana co-champions De Pauw, Cushing Naval Hospital, winner of 12 straight, and numerous service teams, most of which are studded with former collegiate hoop stars...
...sunny Atlanta courtyard, men with only one arm and men on crutches throw baseballs at dummies of Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. In another, men with hooks for hands, in airplane splints and on crutches take a half-hour calisthenic drill : "Hup, hoop, heep, one; hup, hoop, heep, two. . . ." The men whistle when a girl goes by. In the wards, they hop around playing shuffleboard and indoor golf. Some of those still in bed play darts, watch movies. A Red Cross worker brings a birthday cake with candles to a smiling 24-year-old whose leg is fastened to a weight...