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Five runs in the ninth inning salted away a see-saw battle and gave the varsity team a 9-3 victory over Cornell at Ithaca on Saturday. This was the second Intercollegiate League victory for the Crimson in four starts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON NINE DEFEATS CORNELL BY 9-3 SCORE | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

...World War." As Whites and Militia mowed each other down with machine guns, there was fought above them on the battle's second day the grimmest air duel they had yet seen. Down into their midst fell eleven planes-four Red, seven White. After three days of furious see-saw struggle with each army using the cream of its men, neither side had gained an inch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: No Candy Drops | 3/1/1937 | See Source »

...after this promising bit of brilliance, the remainder of the first half was a see-saw, neither side being able to stage a consistent advance, and with very little clean blocking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRID SQUAD ENTERS LAST WEEK BEFORE LORD JEFF CONTEST | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

...doubles team. On the courts of the Germantown Cricket Club, where France won the Cup from the U. S. in 1927, Allison, whose game rarely reaches its peak till late August, proved that this year was no exception by losing to Australia's Adrian Quist. After a long, see-saw match, long-legged Budge put the U. S. back in the running with a courageous victory over Australia's wily old Jack Crawford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Jun. 8, 1936 | 6/8/1936 | See Source »

...correspondents trumped up a story that the King had asked his eldest son not to dance the rhumba or carioca at the State Ball this week in Buckingham Palace. On the program, however, were only polkas, waltzes and fox trots, including Sweetie Pie, I'm on a See-Saw, and An Old Lullaby, rendered from 10 p. m. to 1 a. m. by the Royal Artillery Band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Jubilee (Cont'd) | 5/20/1935 | See Source »

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