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Word: runners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first singles, Dale Junta relived the finals of last year's Intercollegiate Tennis Championships by defeating Carl Hirshman, runner-up to Junta in that event, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Junta duplicated his comeback performance against Steve Bank of North Carolina last Tuesday by rallying to win after dropping the first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Tennis Varsity Tops Williams Team, 6-3 | 5/2/1957 | See Source »

...Crimson won easily, but Cornell isn't very good. Only two really good fielding plays were made all afternoon, a diving stop Cleary made of a ground single in right, and a good throw Phil Haughey made to cut down a runner in the third. But each of these men contributed some sloppy fielding, as Cleary chased into right to drop a pop fly and Haughey made some poor throws...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Nine Crushes Cornell, 15-5, With 9-Run Fifth Inning | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...looked quite sharp out in the field, with only one error, while Tufts' infield was very inept. The one JV error, a wild throw by catcher Dave Fairburn in an attempted pick-off, resulted in one runner scoring and another being put in a position to score. Fairburn redeemed himself by successfully picking off a runner later in the inning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JV Nine Trounces Weak Tufts Squad | 4/13/1957 | See Source »

Straus South, champion of basketball, the only "major sport," and of hockey and touch football, leads in the race for the intramural championship with 5301/2 points. Thayer Middle, which has won the cross-country, boxing, and fencing championships, is current runner-up with 454 points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Straus South Holds Firm Lead In Freshman Intramural Series | 4/11/1957 | See Source »

...5printing the last quarter at Melbourne 0:58.4, Australia's Mervyn Lincoln flashed through the mile in 3:59, one second off the world record held by Countryman John Landy, became the eleventh runner in history to crack the rapidly disintegrating four-minute-mile barrier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Apr. 1, 1957 | 4/1/1957 | See Source »

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