Word: sweeping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...legendary fielding feats with George Stallings' famed Boston Braves of 1914, who got up from eighth place on July 4 to win the pennant. Though Shortstop Maranville's lifetime average as a hitter was just .258, his chips-are-down .307 average that year helped the Braves sweep the World Series from the Athletics...
...from a padlock. The year brought reminders of previous champions: Jim Jeffries died; so did Bill Tilden and Jim Thorpe. Handy Earl Sande, 54, and hard up for eating money, cinched on a saddle and tried for a comeback (but booted home only one winner). And in the biggest sweep since Bobby Jones's "grand slam" in 1930, Ben Hogan wrapped up the three big titles of golf, to become sport's Man of the Year...
...Miami, led by Georgia's Zeke Bratkowski, who set up all three touchdowns, the Southern college all-stars beat the North, 20-0. In Montgomery, Ala., making the Southern sweep complete, the Grays beat the Blues, 40-20, the eleventh time in 15 meetings that the Southerners have...
...Clean Sweep. In Littleton, Colo., police nabbed Pest Exterminator Edward Meier after he answered a call from Store Owner Rudolph Lemcke, efficiently cleared the premises of all mice and cockroaches, plus $700 in cash...
Rounding out the varsity upperweight sweep, sophomore Pete Morrison crushed Williams heavyweight Royce Redd so hard that he defaulted the match...