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...Near-miss Winthrop should not have too much difficulty with Davenport College this afternoon in a game starting at 3:15 p.m. The second-place Puritans were ousted from the House title last week, when they lost to underdog Leverett by one touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eleven Intramural Teams to Engage Yale Colleges Today | 11/23/1951 | See Source »

...trio of Deacons are center John Lombard, forward John Pankey, and guard Chan Cushman. Their agressiveness sparked Kirkland to a 13-1 season, plus a near-miss in a 37-35 post-season contest with Yale's Berkeley College...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: 3 Deacons Make Crime's All-House Basketball Team | 3/29/1950 | See Source »

...antisubmarine screen), four to six cruisers for antiaircraft and surface support and at least two smaller carriers to carry fighter planes. The CVA-58 will probably carry about the equivalent of an Air Force bomber group, of which the Air Force has 16. One spread of torpedoes or a near-miss from an atomic bomb would put it out of action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Biggest Ever | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Dick Harlow made a four-way switch in his backfield yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field after Saturday's near-miss against Boston University...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Harlow Makes 4 Backfield Switches | 10/7/1947 | See Source »

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