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Word: thirds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...question mark in the Crimson picture is fielding, which has alternated between adequate and grotesque all the way through the season. The infield of A1 Switzer, Win Carduff, Henry Young, and Bill Hickey (reading from first to third) has frequently shown itself capable of tight, accurate play. But in at least three games it has been less effective than the proverbial sieve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Travels To Hanover for Game With Green | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

...first five goals were tossed in by midfielders, who scored seven out of the total of 12. It wasn't until the third quarter that the close attack really began to function...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Varsity Beats Tufts Easily, 12-5 | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

...then it wasn't until the third period that the Tufts team scored its first goal. By this time, the Crimson defense had begun to relax and two out of Tufts five goals were scored on an almost undefended Sid Clark in the goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Varsity Beats Tufts Easily, 12-5 | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

...usually dependable Ernie Mannino contributed four miscues from his position at third as well as two doubtful plays to lead the team in this department, but when the Crusaders didn't get on base through errors, they were teeing off for 11 hits, including a home run and a triple, on their...

Author: By Albert J. Feldman, | Title: Misplays Hurt Nine as Cross Triumphs, 6-1 | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

...first is a superb juggler, the second stands on the forefinger of his right hand in astonishingly precarious locations, and the third skips rope on a very high wire. Such performances are the stuff that circuses are made of. Everything they wear, every move they make, is vivid, dramatic, extravagant. Brunn generates more color than all the John Murray Anderson extravaganzas put together. Never for the a second does he stand still. Not does he ever simply catch anything; he grabs things out of the air. He is showman, and the circus is nothing if it is not a show...

Author: By Joel Raphaelson, | Title: The Circusgoer | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

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