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...been outdoors only ten days, has shown itself to be a smooth-working aggregation. The New York Giants gained a 6 to 1 decision over them, while the powerful University of Pennsylvania nine secured only a 4 to 1 verdict. In the latter contest, Stribling, who is slated to twirl this afternoon, pitched the first five innings and yielded but one run. In the event that Stribling falters, Beauchamp will be called to the box for mound duty. Zimmerman and Humber, Cadet gardeners, are the most dangerous of the visiting batters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRONG ARMY NINE ENGAGES CRIMSON IN FIRST HOME GAME | 4/20/1929 | See Source »

With J. N. Barbee '28 unable to take to the mound, F. B. Cutts '28 is slated to twirl for the Harvard team. Success in today's encounter will depend largely on his ability to last nine innings at the fast pace he will be forced to travel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINE ENCOUNTERS WOLVERINE TEAM IN RETURN CLASH | 5/26/1928 | See Source »

...result of this misfortune, the aggregate total of innings that this combination can twirl is reduced to 27, and the Harvard journalists may be forced to rely upon the services of one of their second string hurlers in the event of an extra inning struggle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCRIBES' STELLAR TWIRLER INJURED ON BATTLE'S EVE | 5/11/1928 | See Source »

...ornate and sumptuous new Casino at San Remo, Italian Riviera, has sprung rapidly into smart, international favor, since it was recently authorized by Signor Benito Mussolini as the sole resort in Italy where roulette wheels may twirl (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Casino War | 4/2/1928 | See Source »

...suite at the Ritz-Carlton yesterday afternoon Eddie Cantor, famous comedian of Ziegfeld's "Follies", proudly displayed a tiny gold football awarded to him for his services to the Crimson squad six years ago. "You bet, I'm one of the boys," he chuckled as he twirled the charm about on his watch chain, "and I'm proud of it. In 1922, on the eve of the Harvard-Yale gridiron battle, when the Crimson eleven was on pins and needles in New Haven, I grubbed with them and tried to cheer them up a bit. We had a great show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eddie Cantor Recalls Halcyon Harvard-Yale Celebration When He Caught Pigskin Booted by George Owen '23 | 1/13/1928 | See Source »

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