Word: runners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first the camera kept its eye close up, on pitcher & batter, and followed the runner to first. It has since learned that one of television's big thrills is watching Outfielder Joe DiMaggio take a practiced look at a ball heading his way, turn, and without looking back spurt to the right spot, swing around casually and let the ball fall into his glove. The unexpected makes some of television's brightest moments: a rainstorm breaks, and the camera shows ground keepers covering the pitcher's box with canvas, then sweeps across the bleachers, singling out soaked...
...Houses, Dunster led the field with 92 percent of the 372 men coming through for average gifts of $5.04. Dunster raised a $1,686 total, compared with runner-up Eliot...
...long-distance runner in Canadian politics, William Lyon Mackenzie King had already broken all endurance records as Prime Minister of Canada. (Previous champion: Sir John A. Macdonald, 19 years.) Last week, he passed an Empire milestone. By completing 7,620 days (20 years, 10 months and 10 days) in office, Mackenzie King toppled the mark set by Robert Walpole for service as the King's First Minister...
Cornell's Dick Savitt and Leonard Steiner at one two court carry national titles, Savitt ranking twenty-sixth in the country and Steiner Junior doubles champ and singles runner-up. Savitt made fast work of Ted Backe in two quick, lopsided sets, Steve Pratt, who jumped from three to two court in inter-team competition last week, gave Steiner more trouble, taking the first round, and losing the next two by close scores...
Weeks, present Council president topped the field of 71 nominees with a total of 250 votes, 45 more than any other candidate, and over twice as much as '49 runner-up O'Donnell...