Word: poppings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Doping" the Temple-Carnegie Tech game. Harvard Coach Eddie Casey wrote for the newspapers: "It should be an auspicious occasion for my old friend Pop Warner [Temple's new coach] . . . but do not expect him to run away with his game too easily." Carnegie, whose new Coach Howard Harpster is youngest in major football (26), scored three times on passes, once...
Fifth Game. Adolfo ("Pop") Luque. a 43-year-old Cuban who has been kicking around in professional baseball for 20 years, squinted with grave concern from the Giants' bench at what the Senators were doing to Pitcher Hal Schumacher in the sixth. Up to that point matters had gone nicely for the Giants. They had walloped "General" Crowder for two runs in the second, Hal Schumacher himself lashing out the single that scored Jackson and Mancuso. In the sixth they had routed Crowder when Mancuso's double sent Davis in with the third run. In all that time...
...Pop" Luque struck out the next three men to face him. held the Senators to one hit in the eighth & ninth. It took one more inning to break up the ball game, end the series. There were two out and two-&-two on little Mel Ott. As the next ball came he swung with everything in his compact body and crack! the ball sailed away high for centre field. Centre Fielder Schulte raced for the fence. He reached as far into the $1 bleacher seats as he could. The falling ball ticked his glove, glanced away into the stand with...
Again Washington made a valiant last stand. With two out. Manager Cronin singled, went to second when Schulte drew a base on balls. Kuhel stepped to bat. A single would tie the score again. A stiffer blow could win the game. Manager Bill Terry walked over to "Pop" Luque with a worried frown. Luque scarcely noticed him. "I get heem," he promised, and turned toward the batter. Plump!- Strike one. Plump!-Strike two. Plump...
...first game under "Pop" Warner, an aggressive Temple squad swamped South Carolina...