Word: lyle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...League (ages 8-10) in Ottawa, Kans. had fidgeted in the stands as their kids walked up to the plate as if to the block, eyes atremble with tears, to face Harry Murphy ("Murphy the Great") and his submarine ball. Murph awes even his catcher, Lyle Adcock, 10. "We don't have any signals," admits Lyle. "All I do is hope he doesn't throw too hard and that I can catch it." Playing it safe, Lyle wears a pair of boots under his shin guards to absorb the force of any errant fastball. Not only did Murph...
...this opportunity, guests are willing to hold back choice news items -a practice that often arouses editors' ire but also stirs their interest, since Sunday is a dull news day, and Monday's papers are often starved for good stories. Says United Press International Washington Manager Lyle Wilson: "The public-relations business has always considered Monday morning the softest touch...
This year, the University of Missouri School of Journalism-the oldest, biggest and most celebrated undergraduate J-school in the nation - is marking its 50th anniversary of helping good smart kids. Missouri has turned out some 6,500 graduates, including U.P.I. Vice President and Washington Manager Lyle Wilson, Publisher Jack Flynn of the New York Daily News, and the late sportswriter Bill Corum of the Hearst papers...
...most unfortunate aspect of this performance, however, comes by way of comparison with last year's squad. The 1957 58 sextet also suffered considerably from this defect, but it was filled with such a number of scoring individualists, such as Bobby Cleary, Lyle Guttu, and Bob McVey, that the Crimson could afford to botch a few--or even a good many--scoring chances...
Graduation last year took away many of the finest hockey players in Harvard history. Bob Cleary, top scorer in the nation last winter, star defenseman Bob Owen, Lyle Guttu, John Copeland, Bob McVey--all of these left in June. Only eight lettermen remain: Harry Pratt, Tab Cleary, John Duncan, Dick Fisher, Captain Dick McLaughlin, Dave Vietze, Buddy Higginbottom, and Paul Kelley...