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Word: pollet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cardinals have less power but a better all-round team. Last year, thanks to their fertile farm system, the Cards came up with three rookie pitchers (Ernie White, Howard Krist, Howard Pollet) who proved to be poison to rival clubs. This year, Manager Billy Southworth has up his sleeve a pair of sluggers who look just as dangerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Spring Again | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

...last week there was Weltschmerz in Flatbush, Canarsie, Brownsville and Greenpoint. Brooklynites didn't like the looks of Howard Pollet, a 20-year-old southpaw the Cardinals had just brought up from their Houston farm. Dodger fans had seen enough of one left-handed Cardinal rookie, Ernie White, who had moidered their Bums in the first game of last week's series-to chalk up his 16th victory for St. Louis. The Pollet kid looked even better. In his major-league debut fortnight ago, he pitched a four-hit victory over the Boston Braves. Against the Dodgers last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Them Bums | 9/8/1941 | See Source »

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