Word: season
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only climax that seems likely to match this year's in sheer excitement was the 1951 thriller, when the (then) New York Giants beat the (then) Brooks, two games out of three. As you can see, the Dodgers can't seem to stay out of these post-season affairs. They've been in all three N.L. showdowns...
...Little Shepherd of Coogan's Bluff, Leo Durocher, led the Giants from a position 13 1/2 games behind in August to a tie on the last day of the season. The clubs split the first two playoff encounters. In the finale, with the Giants trailing 4 to 1 going into the last of the ninth, Alvin Dark led off with a single. Another single by Don Mueller sent Dark to third, and Dark scored on a double by Whitey Lockman. Then Bobby Thomson bashed his immortal home run and the New Yorkers were home free...
...incredible season, they're at it again...
PENNSYLVANIA: The Quakers finished fourth last season, but showed the Crimson an example of their deadly multiple offense, run by Larry Purdy with help from Dave Coffin, perhaps the fastest man in the League, Fred Doelling and Ed Goodwin. The return of that entire backfield, along with nine of last year's starting eleven, gives coach Steve Sebo reason to hope for an Ivy League title. Other outstanding returnees among 22 of 32 lettermen are ends Barney Berlinger, and Jon Greenawalt, center Ron Champion and halfback Jack Hanlon...
HARVARD: In spite of the injuries sustained Saturday, the Crimson is deep enough to do battle for a full season. More than any other team, the varsity will grow stronger as the talented sophomore hoard gains experience. The momentum built up in two non-Ivy games will carry through Cornell and Columbia, and an upset over Dartmouth--which will come off a tough B.C. game as it came off Holy Cross last year--may get to be the rule...