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Word: ricks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...feature races of the Navy encounter will be the 50 and 100 yard dashes where George Wiley, Middie Sophomore speedster, will meet an up-and-coming Jim Curwon, Lonnie Stowell, or Dave Stearns. Captain Rick Cutler should not have much trouble in scoring a double in the 220 and 440, but Jim Conger may push Frannie Powers a bit in both events...

Author: By Donald Peddie, | Title: Navy, Pennsylvania Slated to Encounter Mermen This Week | 2/21/1940 | See Source »

...offer: a $45,000 bonus, a two-year contract at $10,000 a year, an assured job at second base under the tutorial eye of old Cornelius McGillicuddy (Connie Mack). His was not only the biggest bonus in baseball history ($20,000 more than the previous top, given Rick Ferrell by the Browns in 1929), but it made Rookie McCoy the highest-paid baseballer of the year. His 1940 income of $55,000 will be more than the salary of Joe Di Maggio, Jimmy Foxx or Hank Greenberg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: McCoy to McGillicuddy | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

...hope for victory was crushed when the Ulenmen took every first and second place in the next four events, finally assuring a Harvard victory with Bosworth's win in the 150-yard dorsal race in 1:40.7, his best time. The overwhelming display of power was featured by Captain Rick Cutler's 2:17.8 first in the furlong, Davey (Club) Stearns' triumph in the 50, George Dana's upset victory in the dive with 103.53 points, and Jim Curwen's a 55.6 100 free style...

Author: By Charles F. Pollak, | Title: Crimson Tankmen Scuttle Big Green Aquatic Forces | 1/15/1940 | See Source »

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