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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Samborski will stand by two lineup changes made before the recent loss to Army at West Point. With catcher Armie Essayen out for at least a week and a half more with a badly sprained leg, Dolph has moved Cliff Crosby back behind the bat and has returned Ernie Mannino to shortstop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Plays on B.U. Diamond Today | 5/11/1948 | See Source »

...Winchester, Va., General Hoyt S. Vandenberg found time in a busy week to crown Skater Gretchen Merrill as Queen Shenandoah XXI of the annual Apple Blossom Festival. Her scepter looked like a rather graceful table leg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...lump on his ankle as big as a doorknob, heavy-set Henry Wittenberg warily circled a stringy young opponent, suddenly ankle-dragged him to the mat, and nailed him in 6:03. He won two more bouts by falls (in one, he accidentally broke his opponent's leg). In winning the final bout by a decision, against Minnesota's Verne Gagne, Wittenberg got his only black mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Body Chess | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...earnestly of "pectoral muscles" and "neural paths," is proud that he is one man who can mangle his opponent but not his mother tongue. After hours, he dabbles in oils and plays enthusiastic chess. In fact, he considers wrestling a kind of "body chess" ("You give a man a leg as a gambit"), thinks body position more important than individual holds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Body Chess | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

Harper's ace pitcher, Langdon Clay, should be ready to go today. Behind the plate will be Chuck Kenny, filling in for Web Durant, who saw Varsity action over the weekend while Armie Essayen was ailing with a pulled leg muscle. The rest of the infield will include Bud Gibbs, Fred Dunn, Hal Moffle, and John Chase, Dunn, of West Hartford, Connecticut and Lowell House, was recently elected captain of the Jayvee nine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee Nine Striving For Ninth Win Today | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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