Word: pulling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...admission, stand "the shoeless ones"-the great middle-class portion of the crowd which is popularly supposed to bet its shoes and go home barefoot. When a start is bad or a favorite jostled, the crowd has been known to set fire to the beer stands dotting the infield, pull the pari-mutuel booths up by the roots and send the swells across the track fleeing...
Leverett was able to move the ball against the Eliots, but its line couldn't keep the Elephant offense in check. The Bunnies' fine passing attack may pull off an upset, but it still looks like number two for the Puritans...
...Harvard Dramatic Club yesterday turned over its finances to a Boston businessman in an effort to pull out of an estimated $4,000 debt...
Preacher Roe got a one run lead in the second inning and stood up under tremendous pressure to make it stick, as he gave the New York Yankees a 1 to 0 beating to pull the Brooklyn Dodgers even in the World Series at one game each...
...October 14th, an equally manpower-short Eliot squad takes on Leverett House; Eliot's coach is "discouraged by his small turnout," but figures that a bunch of sophomore newcomers may do much to pull his team through. Leverett's Bunnies have their entire 1948 backfield back, as does Adams House; the Gold Coasters'forward wall is one of the biggest in the league...