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Word: worsting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once again the H.A.A. has managed to allocate football tickets unfairly. For the Dartmouth game about ten per cent of the senior class has been placed in some of the worst seat in the Stadium--the wooden stands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indian Seating Unfair | 10/22/1948 | See Source »

...undoubtedly mere coincidence that Harvard came out on the short end of these myopic lapses, but nevertheless such events have the worst possible effect on amateur athletics. It was lax officiating that led to the unpleasant and bloody Moher incident in the Harvard-Yale hockey game in February, and there is still a good deal of bad feeling about some of the calls in the Yale football game last year...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 10/19/1948 | See Source »

...guessed that Li'l Abner was "Mr. Bong" from the sound of a sledge hammer bopping his skull.) At the start of the marriage ceremony last Sunday, Li'l Abner was confident that something would happen to stop it. After all, Joe Btfsplk, the world's worst jinx, was standing by and when he was around, "somethin' awful," like an earthquake, always happened to disrupt things. But as Li'l Abner said "Ah Do" and heard the awful words, ". . . man an' wife," he suddenly realized that nothing had happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Btfsplk Does It | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...repulation of those two ends that led Valpey to rely on an inside game, with Paul Shafer bucking the line and Chip Gannon largely restricted to defense. Shafer took the worst battering of anyone on the squad. According to preliminary doctor's reports, he will be out of action for one week, possibly two, which is a good indication of Army's line power...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: 'I'm Proud of the Whole Team '. . . Valpey | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

That Cadet line had a uasty habit of appearing in Harvard's backfield about the same time as the pass from center; this was only partly due to their own ability. The officiating was the worst in years...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: 'I'm Proud of the Whole Team '. . . Valpey | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

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