Word: nine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Holy Cross left fielder Bob Dittmeyer had a very pleasant afternoon yesterday. Not a single ball came his way all day and he got two hits to boot. Meanwhile, the Crusaders thumped the visiting Harvard nine...
...Crimson's greatest threat after its scoring inning came in the fifth when Moffie opened the inning with his triple. He was doubled off third when Cavanaugh lined to Formon. Crosby opened the ninth with a single and was forced by pinch-hitter Gordy Ellis. In between, nine Crimson batters fanned and the rest were rubbed out on infield pop-ups or grounders...
...When the Argentines took the field at Los Angeles last week, against a hand-picked U.S. team, they learned that it was to be a championship match-and they let out a roar heard halfway to Buenos Aires. They had left flamboyant, red-headed Roberto, a nine-goal player,* at home. They played the match under protest...
Cardenas, "but I'm supposed to tell him.") Another short silence. Then Cardenas counted the last ten seconds: "Ten-nine-eight-seven-six-five ["He always misses one of them," says Chuck] three-two-one-drop...
Perseverance. In Auckland, N.Z., Thomas Clark, survivor of nine air crashes, applied for a steward's job on the Tasman Empire Airways...