Word: lineup
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lineup: Liberal Party, down from 63 members to 14; Progressive Conservatives, up from 21 members to 38; C.C.F., up from no members to 34. Three seats went to other parties, one was undecided. No party won a majority, so a coalition must govern Ontario...
...given free rein and he made the most of it. He steered Cox away from glittering names, helped him make shrewd deals. In the face of a player shortage that has prevented older and wiser owners from landing much-needed players, Cox got five new faces for his starting lineup - none of whom cost the club more than the major-league waiver price...
With these hustlers in the lineup, Cox's collection of castoffs won eight of their next ten games. They did astonishing things, such as scoring nine runs in one inning to snatch a game from the high & mighty Dodgers; then, just to prove that it was no fluke, scored ten runs in one inning two days later to trounce the Boston Braves...
With Foster Boardman and Ned Tuckerman playing in the first two positions, and George Nye and Bill Allis in three and four, the Crimson presents a well-balanced outfit. The lineup is rounded out by Tyke Wilcox and Art Tarlow, who hold down the fifth and sixth spots respectively for this afternoon's contest...
...there any changes planned in Coach Floyd Stahl's lineup. Warren Berg, captain of the nine, will be on the mound, with Ned Fitzgibbons as his receiver...