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Word: mikes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same ball inning after inning. Batters pounded it until it was brown and hard to see, pitchers doctored its horsehide; everything was stacked against the hitter (everything, that is, except for the occasional inspirations of such oldtimers as the pre-World War I Phillies' Otto Knabe and Mike Doolan, who once broke up a game with the Giants by swabbing the ball with capsicum salve, an irritant that sent Spitballer Jeff Tesreau to the showers with painfully swollen lips after only three innings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Whole Story of Pitching | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

...important, and they all underscore the basic point that Cambridge professional drama has undergone a fundamental re-orientation from previous years. In 1951, at the peak of the Brattle's success, one New York producer said, "There are two kinds of people in the theater today: those who like Mike Todd and those who like the Brattle." At long last, however, the plans for the Festival seem to indicate that the men formerly associated with the Brattle have discovered that maybe they can at least learn something from such men as Todd...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Drama Festival: A New Attempt for Success | 5/25/1956 | See Source »

...Yardling team completed a 3-3 season on a sour note Saturday by bowing to the small Indians, 5 to 2. Mike Taylor and Bob Grundeman were the successful Yardlings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Golf Squad Splits Final Matches | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...scorers in the varsity's Saturday win were Captain Dexter Lewis and Don Dawidoff, each tallying three times. Tim Draper contributed a pair and Mac Hyde, Dub Malonee, and Mike Smith finished up the victory with one each...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Lacrosse Team Nips Indians | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

...hurdles, Mike Robertson and Ed Carter nearly broke the Bulldog's back by taking first and second. The Elis had figured on no worse than four points...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Varsity Track Team Humbles Elis, 77-63 | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

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