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...winning combination of youth and age, the CRIMSON took control with a seven-run outburst in the opening stanza. From there on the only question was whether manager Don "The Gnat" Graham would be able to hold the score down to a merciful...
Toronto's Dave Keon singlehandedly engineered the Maple Leaf victory, blasting in two first-period goals and adding the clincher with 11 seconds left in the contest. Ageless Johnny Bower, the Leafs' goaltender, held Montreal scoreless until 7:27 of the final stanza...
...roof fell in. Brown took to the airways, and marched down the field, finally scoring on a short buck. With fumbles and interceptions plaguing the Yardlings, Brown got possession of the ball and took the lead on a 30-yard pass play in the waning moments of the antepenultimate stanza...
Novelists and short-story writers are a glut on the literary market, but a man who can dance a light fantastic stanza without tripping over his dactyls is a treasure to be prized. John Updike was a light versifier before he became a novelist, and his latest verse demonstrates that he is perhaps the best player of the game since Ogden Nash and Morris Bishop came into their prime...
Mehrabian added his third goal midway in the final stanza, but Chris Ohiri countered two minutes later to keep the Crimson within striking distance...