Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week the Maple Leafs had hammered their way into second place and all but assured themselves a playoff berth five weeks hence. After tying Montreal, they clipped the league-leading Detroit Red Wings (3-2). Owner Smythe's only worry was that he had built a fire under his Leafs too soon before the cup playoffs. "It's hell to keep a team stirred up," he said...
...golf course Samuel Jackson Snead, 37, professes to be afraid of three things: lightning, a downhill putt and Ben Hogan. Last week, as he slouched on to the first tee in the playoff of the $15,000 Los Angeles Open, there was' no lightning-just fog and Ben Hogan...