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...Star Baseball Game (Tues. 2:15 p.m., Mutual). The two big leagues in their annual tilt; from St. Louis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jul. 12, 1948 | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

...Great Worry." Skipper Davies of the shallow-draught paddle-minesweeper Oriole was a typical example. On arriving at Dunkirk, he saw instantly that his best bet was to run Oriole full-tilt right on to the beach, so that the soldiers might use her as a gangway to the numerous ships that could not enter shallow water. In one day, 3,000 men walked to safety over Oriole; and Skipper Davies, having proved his hunch, radioed defiantly to the Admiralty: "[Have] deliberately grounded ... on own initiative . . . Refloated dusk same day . . . Am again proceeding Belgian coast and will again run aground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Page in History | 6/21/1948 | See Source »

Saturday's Tiger tilt was a case of complete domination all the way down the line by Princeton, as all but one of the six singles encounters were swept in straight sets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Blanks Tennis Team, 9-0, In Year's Finale | 5/18/1948 | See Source »

...Thorn, who bashed out a triple, Leverett edged Dunster in yesterday's only intramural baseball tilt, 5 to 4. Both teams, short of legitimate House players, used ringers by mutual agreement. In softball, Bill Johnson's one-hitter assisted Eliot to an easy 8 to 0 win over Adams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett, Eliot Win | 5/7/1948 | See Source »

...Harvard's chances to cop the New England lacrosse title will go riding into its tilt with Dartmouth today up at Hanover, New Hampshire. A look at the record shows that the Crimson's chances are pretty slim...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson, Strong Dartmouth Play Crucial Lacrosse Game | 5/1/1948 | See Source »

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