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Word: lead (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rushing over to lead in the winner, Owner Herbert Maurice Woolf, a Kansas City clothier famed as a breeder of show horses, was so elated that he pranced like one of his colts, swung his binoculars above his head in circles, pumped the hand of Jockey Arcaro again & again. Not only had Owner Woolf won the $47,000 first-place money and a $5,000 gold cup, but he had bet heavily and forehandedly on his Missouri colt-whose sire he had picked up for $500. Placing substantial wagers in the winter books (as high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: From Missouri | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

Both Curtis and Holderness have their equals this year, however. Jim Lightbody should better Curtis's mark in the 440, and Captain Alex Northrop of the Crimson is almost certain to lead the mile below the 4:20 mark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON AND BLUE TO MEET HERE TOMORROW | 5/13/1938 | See Source »

With the Ivy League lead hanging in the balance, the two top teams of the circuit, Harvard and Cornell, meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock on Soldiers Field with the rival coaches each starting their top hurlers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Nine Meets Title-Sharing Ithacan Team This Afternoon Here | 5/13/1938 | See Source »

Crimson and Cornell nines battle for league lead on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS HERE THIS WEEKEND | 5/13/1938 | See Source »

Charley Brackett, who has just left the infirmary, will be on the mound for the Freshmen. Leo Hartstone is the lead-off man and Chuck Davis occupies the clean-up spot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Nine Faces Tufts Freshmen at Soldiers Field | 5/11/1938 | See Source »

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