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Word: waner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...series of programs which the Varsity club hopes to institute in an effort to make the organization more than a mere eating place for athletes, an informal chat will be held with representatives of the pro team Naany Fernandez, who is the outstanding hitter of the nine, with Paul Waner and Eddie Miller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Club Elects Next Year's Officers | 5/19/1942 | See Source »

...club have been invited to tonight's get-together which begins at 7:45 o'clock. Other students who wish to attend the discussion may do so after paying a small fee at the door. Very likely additional members of the Brave team, besides Fernandez, Miller, and Waner, will be on hand at tonight's Varsity club's meeting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Club Elects Next Year's Officers | 5/19/1942 | See Source »

Since last fall the Dodgers have acquired: 1) Fireball Pitcher Kirby Higbe, who won 14 games for the tail-end Phillies' last year; 2) onetime Cardinal Mickey Owen, a Grade A catcher; 3) onetime Pirate Paul Waner, seasoned outfielder; 3) Second Baseman Alex Kampouris, who led the International League in home runs last year. Besides, they have mighty Joe Medwick, the slugger whom Boss Larry MacPhail bought for $132,500 last summer, only to have him beaned and made ball-shy for the rest of the season. This spring, comforted by a bean-proof plastic headguard which all Dodgers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baseball of 1941 | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

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