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...seemed for a few minutes Saturday night in the Indoor Athletic Building that the Varsity basketball team would finally snare a long overdue victory and vengeance for an earlier defeat, but a slow-starting Melville five applied a little more pressure, and coasted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Melville Conquers Stahlmen, 56-39 | 2/6/1945 | See Source »

...first-rate defensive club-which leads the league in pass interceptions with 26. For the Green Bay game, he gave Halfback-Rookie Howie Livingston the unenviable job of minding Don Hutson, the alltime greatest pass receiver. The rookie did a job on Hutson, intercepted two passes, allowed Hutson to snare only four, all for small gains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

With Tuttle handicapped from the loss of his shoe, it was up to teammate Charlie Atwell to snare first place. Trailing over most of the distance, Atwell moved up as the leaders swung back into the river bank cinder path, and in a thrilling stretch duel, collared the tiring Lacedonia, and went on to win out by one second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON HARRIERS BEAT WORCESTER TECH, 26-31 | 9/19/1944 | See Source »

Willkie had perhaps split the Utah delegation; friendly Washington is still uncertain. In Portland, he announced his entrance into the Oregon primary. The most significant result might follow his luncheon with California's Governor Earl Warren, the most potent Western GOPolitico. If Wendell Willkie could snare Earl Warren's support, the whole West might fall into his hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Willkie on the Overland Limited | 2/21/1944 | See Source »

Today marks the sixteenth anniversary of the first recording session on which a full set of drums was used. It happened in Chicago at the old Okeh studios, and the percussionist who broke away from the hard and fast rule of showing up with only a snare drum, cymbal, woodblock, and cowbell was Eugene Krupa, fresh out of school and still on Camels...

Author: By S/sgt GEORGE Avaklan, | Title: JAZZ, ETC. | 11/9/1943 | See Source »

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