Word: merriwellian
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...exception. Directing a green team (eight rookies in the starting lineup) against the experienced Los Angeles Rams, Manning kept the rugged Ram defense off guard with his fancy footwork and completed 16 passes, one for a touchdown. Then he closed the game in a style reminiscent of his Merriwellian history at Ole Miss: with one second left on the clock he dived over the Ram goal line to give the Saints a 24-20 victory. The following Sunday, San Francisco blitzed both of their outside linebackers in an effort to contain Manning, dumping him six times and bouncing...
With the tying and winning runs on base and one out in the last of the ninth, a virtually unknown utility outfielder named Ed Foynes dropped a single into left field, thus adding a Frank Merriwellian touch to Ira Godin's third success of the season...
...events that proceded this bit of Merriwellian drama were not so exciting. The home team built up an early 3 to 1 edge, along which Ira Godin tightrope-walked until three sharp hits and a two-base error in the eighth tied up the contest. Crimson bats were ominously silent all day, the first clutch of three scores coming from a walk, two sacrifices, a balk and only...
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