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...that when it's snowing outside and frostbite has incapacitated your fingers? For that matter, how can you expect the players to perform when they have to stand around in an open field wearing skimpy knicker uniforms...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Baseball on the Gridiron | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

...Streeter Blair had tried half a dozen careers. He had taught Latin, managed a haberdashery, edited a boys' magazine called The Knicker, ended up operating a successful antique shop in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Late Starter | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

Some critics say that Hayes is still a trifle ragged on defense. But that fact could not be proved by an established veteran like the New York Knicker bockers' Howard Komives. "I could swear that one time Hayes came out of the stands to block my shot," said Komives. "I never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: E for Everything | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...Celtics managed to eke out at 95-92 win over the New York Knicker-bockers, to hold on to third place in the N.B.A...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Celtics Top Knicks | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...Minneapolis Lakers' 20 point lead was enough to hold off a frantic Knicker-bocker rally for a 91 to 84 victory last night and give the Lakers their fourth national basketball championship in the past five years. The Knicks, trying mightily, whipped the New York crowd into a frenzy by pulling to one point at 85 to 84 with 35 seconds left to play. . . . Ernie Lombardi, former National League batting champion, is reported to be recovering from his suicide attempt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 4/11/1953 | See Source »

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