Word: throws
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Harlow Shapley and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., two lifelong liberals and strong advocates of intellectual freedom, managed to come to grips over the weekend in a fashion which was admirably calculated to throw both a confusing and misleading light on the matter in question--the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace in New York...
...break came with 43 seconds to play: a free throw for the Dons. It looped through. The Dons froze the ball, iced the 1949 National Invitation Championship, 48-47. Most valuable player of the tournament (picked by N.I.T. judges): San Francisco's Lofgran...
...brawny six-footer with massive forearms, Groth seemed equally able to run, hit and throw, and he took a vicious right-handed cut at the ball in a style that reminded some sportwriters of "Ducky" Medwick in his heyday with the St. Louis Cardinals. Before the spring training even began, the Detroit Tigers had announced flatly that Johnny Groth would play center field for them this year. "I took one look at him," explained Manager Robert Rolfe, "and decided instantly." Added "Red" Rolfe: "He may develop into a hell of a ballplayer...
...Tigers' Johnny got together for the first time. DiMaggio, hobbling by on his sore heel, went to bat as a pinch hitter and drew a walk; Groth got a single in five times at bat, tossed out a Yankee at the plate with a good throw from center field. Did Groth look like an heir apparent? In spite of a mine-run performance that day, he handled himself with confidence; to sportwriters he seemed a good candidate for rookie-of-the-year. DiMag reserved judgment: "I got to see him do more than he did today...
...scoring. The team will use three different methods of tallying a meet, depending on whom it plays. Sometimes the final score will add up to seven, sometimes nine, and sometimes 27. Unlike single rounds, the winner is the team that scores the most points. Don't let it throw...