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Word: tossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only one of nine contests, or Mike O'Malley who stepped into the captain's shoes and pitched very good ball in spite of not getting the wins at first. Against Yale, for instance, O'Malley did not allow a single earned run only to have the Eli pitcher toss a no-hitter and O'Malley took a 2-1 loss on the chin...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: By Jiminy | 5/31/1974 | See Source »

...76ers, who finished with the worst record in the league, lost the coin toss for the first draft choice to the Portland Trailblazers, and to no one's surprise, Portland took the highly sought-after Bill Walton of UCLA. The Trailblazers actually have already signed the Briun kingpin to a five-year contract for more than $2 million...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Philadelphia Chooses Barnes; Sonics Draft N.C.'s Burleson | 5/29/1974 | See Source »

...twelve minutes, but as Gur said later, "they were the longest minutes of my life." Israeli soldiers under a barrage of fire managed to reach the explosives and neutralize them. One of the three Palestinians was immediately killed by sniper fire. Another was wounded, but was still able to toss grenades and fire his automatic weapon pointblank at the screaming students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Bullets, Bombs and a Sign of Hope | 5/27/1974 | See Source »

When the Cardinals dropped Crone, he hit the Canadian trail to toss a few aerials in Winnipeg. After three weeks of the Northern circuit, it was back to semi-pro ball in New England...

Author: By James Cramer and Robert T. Garrett, S | Title: Endzone Crone Bounces Back to Pros, Harvard Gridder Turns Ambassador | 5/16/1974 | See Source »

...Hughes, Kevin McCafferty and Leon Sharpe notched a few tallies in the hammer throw, shot put, and long jump. Hughes's 186 ft. toss came within 18 ft. of Navy's victor, Ted Bregar, and netted the Harvard captain 3 points towards the Crimson total. McCafferty's 52 ft. 7 1/2 in. earned him fifth place in a field dominated by Cornell freshman Dave Doupe--who snapped the old shot put record by 6 inches with his 59ft. 8 3/4 in. toss...

Author: By James Cramer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cindermen Nab Fourth Spot in Heated Hep Battle | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

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