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Handicapped so far this season by lack of early-period aggressiveness, the Yardlings will find trouble this afternoon if the allow the sharp-shooting Malden sextet to outplay them in the first and second periods. Malden's record this season is ten wins and one tie, and the championship of the Eastern Mass League...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Malden Six Faces Freshmen Today | 2/18/1954 | See Source »

Dennis played the pivot--well, according to Missourians, and with only three minutes left in the half, the teams were tied, 21 to 21. But the Bears, eager for revenge after their football defeat, spurted to a 32 to 21 halftime lead, and continued to outplay Harvard in the second half, eventually winning, 62 to 41. Dennis was high man for the varsity with 14 points, some of them jump shots from the pivot. Manning rebounded well, and blocked several shots on defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Wins 'Bean Pot' Tourney; Five Drops Vacation Games | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

...other sport." He played the Texas amateur circuit, trying to do as well as such crack golfers as Ralph Guldahl (who became U.S. Open champion in 1937 and 1938) and Nelson (U.S. Open champion in 1939). Hogan's rule, then as now: "If you can't outplay them, outwork them." At 19, when his game was good but still as unpredictable as a slippery green, Ben Hogan turned pro. Then he decided to get out of Fort Worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Ice Water | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...Frank ("The Old Flash") Frisch, 48, onetime second-baseman for the New York Giants, and pepperpot manager of the famous St. Louis Cardinal "Gashouse Gang," a man who outtalked his foes when he couldn't outplay them, the game's most impish umpire-baiter. He stepped out last fall as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, now raises flowers at his New Rochelle (N.Y.) home, hopes to broadcast New York Giant games this season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Four for Fame | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

Harvard's line actually seemed to outplay the visitors, but this was due in large part to the tremendous play of Swede Anderson and Ed Donovan, who form the best pair of backers-up to bolster a Crimson defense in several years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Football Game Impossible; Brown Scores Three In Practice | 9/28/1943 | See Source »

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