Word: pennant
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Rename the parties the Democratic and Republican Leagues. Award the winner of each league a pennant. Declare the winner of the November stretch drive World Series champion (Why be so modest as to call the victor only "President of the United States? "World Series champ"--now that would show the Soviets...
...amateurs's participation has been cancelled, their efforts have been blighted. Not that the pursuit of athletics is not an end in itself; but the pursuit of amateur athletics in the face of adversity carries high costs and offers meager returns. This summer we will focus on the pennant races and the tennis and golf tournaments while the amateurs fade into oblivion. They face a disgraceful fate, those who will not complete in Moscow: they are not news...
...American League pennant in pre-playoff days, with Carl Yastrzemski winning the triple crown. But the Sox falter in the World Series, succumbing to St. Louis...
...oblivion of spot-starter to the sunshine of the staff's stopper, with a 7-0 overall record. Senior Ron Stewart (3-3), freshmen Bill Doyle (6-3), and Bill Larson (6-3) were the workhorses of a staff that kept the often weak-hitting Crimson in a long pennant chase...
Usually, the green innocence of spring gives it a preliminary shape. The lazy days of summer mold it. Finally, crisp autumn eves decide it. "It," of course, is the pennant race...