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Word: sprints (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This strategy scored Frank Hernberg on a 20-yard run after a 40-yard opening game march. Thorpe Kelly's interception set up the second Puritan touchdown, a ten-yard sprint by Pete Brooke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Beat Bunnies, 12-6; Kirkland Edges Dudley, 7-0 | 10/18/1949 | See Source »

Dudley's veteran halfback, Dave Gilbert, cut off-tackle for an 80-yard run to open the scoring, and preserved the win with a 20-yard touchdown pass. Dunster's Murray Pearlstein accounted for his team's lone score with a 40-yard sprint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Upsets Kirkland; Dudley Tops Dunster, 13-7 | 10/14/1949 | See Source »

Jethroe's speed is phenomenal. Clay Hopper, manager of the Royals, said that Jethroe is a better base stealer than Jackie Robinson, another Montreal alumnus. Last June, Buzzy Bavasi, the eminent business manager of the Royals, arranged a pre-game foot-race between Jethroe and Ed Conwell, former indoor sprint champion of the United States. In a 75-yard sprint, Jethroe beat Conwell by a comfortable five-yard margin. In a little publicized re-match, however, Conwell emerged a winner...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 10/4/1949 | See Source »

...halfback posts are both held by sophomores, Don Kimtis at left half and Vern Wynott at right. Kimtis was the leading freshman ground-gainer last fall and can also pass reasonably well. The 160-pound Wynott was a high school sprint champion. This, incidentally, is an all-Massachusetts backfield quartet. The opposing quarterbacks, Bill Henry and Russell, are both from Worcester, and Henry's brother, Neil, is a spare Lion...

Author: By Peter B. Taub, | Title: Green Lion Eleven Is Soph-Studded | 9/30/1949 | See Source »

When a 17-year-old youth named Lawrence Mack knocked on his door one night last week and tried to collect for some cleaning work, Craig ran true to form. He yanked out a pistol. As the youth began to sprint down the street, Craig took a shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Come In an' Git Me! | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

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