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Word: slimmed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first game with B. U. John Mahoney, veteran Jayvee hurler, with Slim Curtiss's aid after the seventh inning, edged the Terriers 6-4. That was B. U.'s first game this season. With several more encounters under their belt, the opposition is anxious for revenge this afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mahoney First Choice for Mound Duty Today at B.U. | 4/27/1938 | See Source »

...Although Slim Curtiss handed Navy a 7-4 setback during the spring trip and received credit for a 12-7 win over Penn, the tall Junior hurler has not been at top form lately. His slow ball has been cutting the batter too high, while his fast-ball has been dropping instead of the former jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pitching Is Major Weakness of Second Place Crimson Nine---Ingalls Inactive | 4/26/1938 | See Source »

...child. In the case of ex-Child John L. Lewis this cherished birthright has become to many a "consuming ambition" and its exercise by this labor leader would be regarded as vaguely unAmerican. But the possibility of Mr. Lewis' offering himself as a candidate in 1940 is "a slim one indeed" according to Edward Levinson, well-informed Labor editor of the New York Post. In his book, Labor on the March,* published this week, Author Levinson ascribes high-minded purposes to this self-denial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Unwilling Captive | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

Baldish, 33-year-old Harry Cooper has a past-performance chart that dates back to 1927. That was the year he lost the U. S. Open championship to one-eyed Tommy Armour by the slim margin of a 15-ft. putt. For the past five years he has maintained a scoring average that no U. S. pro could equal: he has never finished lower than fourth in annual scoring. Last year his form sheet* revealed that his 1937 average-in 82 rounds of competition-was 71.62 strokes per round (better than even fours, which is considered perfect golf), that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: True to Form | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

...Slim Curtiss started on the mound for the Crimson and gained credit for the win, although he was relieved by Tom Healey during a two-run Quaker uprising in the fifth canto. Healey pitched the remainder of the encounter, allowing only four hits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Opens League Season With 12-7 Penn Win | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

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