Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...beat on the long swing from Portland to Pensacola was the mechanical marvel, Byron Nelson (TIME, Oct. 23). At Gulf port, the two finished in a tie, but the man with the flawless form bowed to Slammin' Sammy in a 19-hole playoff. Afterwards it came out that Snead could have won the day before if he had not penalized himself a stroke-for nudging the ball on the all-important last hole (no one saw it but Snead...
Thrills were a dime a dozen last Tuesday at the Indoor Athletic Building, as Company C and Standish wound up the intramural basketball season by splitting a double bill, with the civilians copping the all-important nightcap playoff...
...smashing Adams 86-53 last Friday in a game which saw Wally Hull of Company C break the intramural scoring record for a single game with a total of 34 points notched. And then on Tuesday the Navy team earned the right to meet Standish in a championship playoff by slapping the freshmen for their first loss of the second tournament...
Since this victory left Standish and Company C in a first place deadlock, the two teams decided to hold the playoff immediately rather than risk having the second tournament go into the books as a tie. After a 20 minute intermission, the two quintets plunged into the final and crucial battle. This time it was Standish's turn to take the lead, which they did after a rapid exchange of baskets at the start. And as Hull had dominated the play in the first game, so Dick Firth put the civilians out in front in the nightcap. Play remained rough...
Climaxing a second three-way playoff, Company C routed Lowell Wednesday afternoon, 40 to 28, and thereby became undisputed champion of the Intramural circuit. At the same time, the Standish Freshmen stepped out into a half-game lead in a second House basketball season...