Word: pete
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...land several rights to the body and Clemmons countering with his left jab and an occasional right cross. The action speeded up in the third round as Clemmons methodically became the aggressor and about halfway to the bell, landed one good right to Fuller's body as Pete missed with a right...
...swing by feeding him slow stuff. "I just can't hit those nuthin' pitches," Jackie complains. Because he is the best bunter in the game, the Dodgers "cut him loose" at the plate (i.e., let him decide for himself whether to take, hit or bunt). He and Pete Reiser are also the only Dodgers good enough to be "cut loose" on the bases, allowed to steal without waiting for a signal...
...individual honors in the first division with 114 points, the Crimson topped a field of 13 colleges in acquiring the Leonard Munn Fowle Trophy. The 100 points of Ralph Foster and Pete Putnam in the second division gave Harvard the regatta's top total...
...Stroke Pete Hewitt's sweepswingers--although the lighter of the two boats by as much as 12 pounds per man--defeated John Carlson's heavies by a little more than a length in 3 minutes 9 seconds. Both crews were classified by Haines as "inexperienced...
Last week, the first Pete Bostwick Handicap Tournament was won by a California team whose players included a horse dealer, a veterinarian, and a horse trainer. Bostwick's self-supporting millennium had not yet arrived: the winning team was largely subsidized by California's rich J. A. Wigmore. But there was encouraging news. At $1 a head, record crowds (average: 3,800 a match) turned out at Bostwick Field at Westbury, Long Island. The gate receipts were enough to pay all expenses, including the $5,000 prize. Cheered by his success, Promoter Bostwick promised fatter purses next year...