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After a brilliant first inning which saw three Crimson runs cross the plate on a single, a double and a triple, the bottom suddenly dropped out and amid a flurry of errors and extra-base hits, the Boston University nine went on to wallop the Stahlmen by a lop-sided 15 to 7 score on windswept Nickerson Field yesterday afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Terriers Defeat Varsity Nine; Sloppy Playing Leads to 15-7 Loss | 4/24/1941 | See Source »

...Carnegie cash and listeners' contributions since 1935, on the basis of its original purpose to promote international amity. Among those who have needled the Fuhrer over its facilities have been Dorothy Thompson, Hendrik Willem van Loon, Norway's Carl J. Hambro. But none has packed the wallop of cultured, greying, 46-year-old Dr. Svetislav-Sveta Petrovitch, author of last fortnight's appeals to the Yugoslavs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Short-wave Paul Revere | 4/14/1941 | See Source »

...spectators on their feet all the way. Both men were tense and tuned to a high pitch for the contest. "Putzy," although defeated, put up a terrific fight, keeping Gardiner on edge throughout the match. Gardiner was heard to remark after the fight that "'Putzy' sure packs a colossal wallop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boxing Finals Ended As Brothers Battle | 3/15/1941 | See Source »

...Haven, Conn., 47,000 faithful followers turned out to watch Harvard wallop Yale's sad team 28-to-0, the same day that Princeton won 26-to-19 from Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Dec. 2, 1940 | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...light up the scene for the real workmen. These were pilots of Fairey Swordfish torpedo-carrying planes, ancient-looking single-engine contraptions with enough wire between their wings to rig a hen yard. But the Swordfish, like the U. S. Navy's Douglas TBD-1, pack a terrible wallop between their nonretractable wheels. Each carrying an 18-inch torpedo, they came in low over the water, bearing down on a congregation of Fascist ships numbering well over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: R.N. at Taranto | 11/25/1940 | See Source »

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