Word: matches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...line anchored by the Dropo brothers, Walt and Milt, the Huskies hope to make their first visit to Soldiers Field an unforgettable occasion for Coach Dick Harlow's charges this afternoon. An estimated 1,400 rooters will be on hand from the Connecticut student body to watch their squad match its Minnesota single wingback system against Harlow's newly-instituted "T" formation...
...Schwerin uses no by-gosh or by-Gallup polling system. Each Tuesday and Thursday evening, he fills an NBC studio with 300 listeners. Most of them come because of the free tickets, but many show up to speak their minds about radio. First they are screened to match the particular program's national audience. (Says Schwerin: "There is no such thing as a typical radio audience.") Then they listen to programs, recording their reactions on a tab sheet. About every 30 seconds they check the "good," "fair," or "poor" column. After Jan. 1, testers will use a mechanical gadget...
...after getting three up on his lanky rival, energetic Smiley Quick ran our of gas. They were even-Stephen after 36 holes. On the 37th Quick's trusty putter betrayed him, and he blew an easy two-footer and the match...
International polo used to mean the U.S. v. Argentina (and Great Britain) in a hard-riding, first-class show. The first big polo match since the war, probably due to recent diplomatic differences between Washington and Buenos Aires, was something less than that. At Long Island's International Field last week, 21,000 fans crowded the weather-beaten stands to watch a good U.S. team trounce a fair Mexican quartet for the second time in a three-match series...
...Cleveland's Browns run away from Miami, 44-0. The big attendance was no lucky accident: Arthur McBride, the Browns's owner, had hired 25 telephone operators to call everybody in Cleveland, to urge them to get out to the game. The runaway score made it no match to watch, but the management had thoughtfully advertised big half-time shows, with everything from fireworks to a leg show by a $50,000 all-girl band. Two days later, 35,000 paying customers packed San Francisco's Kezar Stadium to see the New York Yankees beat...