Word: slugfest
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...suffered the same kind of steady attrition. Not since the last great Nov. 13-15 naval battle of Guadalcanal, when he lost a battleship, nine cruisers, six destroyers, twelve transports and had two battleships, a cruiser and six destroyers damaged, has the Jap dared get in a real slugfest with U.S. naval units. But since mid-June, in various fruitless sallies, he has lost six to seven cruisers, at least eleven destroyers, one seaplane tender, one transport, four to six cargo ships. Admitted U.S. losses for that same period were the cruiser Helena, the destroyers Strong and Gwin...
...league leading team of Class D continued on its winning way last week by defeating Class B in a slugfest that ended only after a score of 12 to 9 had been piled up. This win places Class D in a favored position to win the first round of the senior games in view of the fact that it has only to face Class A which is at the present time resting on the bottom of the pile having lost all of its games...
...smashing American naval victory in the Solomons last week may have been even greater than originally reported, lit was revealed tonight on the basis of a communique showing that five Jap warships--including a battleship or heavy cruiser--were sunk the night of Nov. 14-15 in a savage slugfest of dreadnaughts and other heavy units...
That victory gave Yale second place, mathematically, in the standing, with Columbia third with three and one. The Lions, after winning three straight, bowed to Pennsylvania on Friday, 5 to 0, first shutout of the season. Harvard, which scored over Princton in a 19-run, 33-hit slugfest, is fourth with...
...they began their careers as vaudeville hoofers in Manhattan in the 205. Cagney was responsible for one of Raft's earliest cinema parts, a dancing bit in Cagney's Taxi. Their appropriate reunion, also celebrating their return to the gangster movies where they belong, is a fierce slugfest in handcuffs...