Word: starter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...right-handed pitcher who started out with the Detroit Tigers, moved on to the Boston Red Sox (no hitter v. Philadelphia in 1923), and reached his high moment, playing for Philadelphia at the end of his career, when Connie Mack summoned him from the boneyard to be a surprise starter in the first game of the 1929 World Series and he struck out 13 Chicago Cubs (including Rogers Hornsby, Hack Wilson) to set a series record that lasted for nearly a quarter of a century-until Brooklyn's Carl Erskine mowed down 14 Yankees in the 1953 series...
...father, a doctor, began practicing medicine there in the '20s. A schoolteacher we knew there, rumored to have given aid and comfort to an Internal Revenue agent, went out one morning with his daughter; he sent her back to the house for their lunches, stepped on the starter of their car, and was blown all over Harlan County by the dynamite explosion...
Height makes might in basketball these days, and with only one starter over 6 ft., 1 in., it was unfortunately apparent from the outset of the season that this was not to be a banner year for Harvard basketball. This was especially true since 6 ft., 8 in. center Griff McClellan was not the rebounder one so tall often...
Junior guard Mike Donohue was usually the fifth starter, although Dave Grayer took his place several times. A ferocious hustler, Donohue barely missed double figures for the year, as he netted a 9.8 average. His speed on fast breaks was often decisive, but his fiery spirit got the best of him on several occasions, and near-fights ensued...
Crimson captain Joe Noble and excaptain Bob Foster, wrestling at 157 and 177 respectively, are both unbeaten this season and will be looking for their sixth victories in a row. Foster, who is slightly injured, is a doubtful starter. Coach Robert A. Pickett says that he is ready, but is not sure whether he will use Foster or Tom Hill...