Word: scoreboards
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mexico City sports arena, still redolent of sweat and arnica. A swatch of peace posters blotted out a big notice reading: "Please check your guns and knives." Overhead a flock of 40 red-eyed, papier mâché doves of peace hovered between a battered Scoreboard and "No Betting" signs...
...first home run, smacked from a wide-legged, right-handed stance, was a tremendous wallop that cleared Forbes Field's left-field fence by a good 75 feet. His second, landing on top of the scoreboard, brought a gasp of admiration from Teammate Ralph Kiner, the league's home-run leader and No. 2 batsman. Last week, after playing in only twelve games, Rookie Restelli had collected seven homers, driven in 14 runs, scored 13 himself, and filled the clubhouse with boxes of spaghetti (compliments of Pittsburgh fans...
During the current shakeout of the U.S. economy, worried businessmen have anxiously waited for first-quarter earnings; they would be the Scoreboard that would show how well-or how badly-business was batting. Last week, as the first big batch of earnings came out, the scoreboard looked almost as cheerful as a home run in a tight game with the bases loaded. So far, at least, business was batting well: the slump had not been...
...Visitors 21, Harvard 11," the way the scoreboard looked after last week's match, has been staring Butch Jordan's wrestlers in the face all week while they were boning up for today's contest with Dartmouth. It starts at 2 p.m. on the Blockhouse mats...
Harvard will he a slight favorite, not because the scoreboard has made it work especially hard in practice, but because it is more experienced than the five sophomores and three juniors who have compiled a one and four win-loss record for Dartmouth...