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...powerful Crimson polo aggregations of old. But plans are under consideration to build an indoor cage to practice in. Under this scheme the player sits astride a wooden horse and bangs the ball against the sloping sides of the enclosure, which, via gravity, return the pellet for another clout...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Paupered Polo Players Lose To Blue in Post-War Debut | 3/5/1948 | See Source »

...first meeting Harper came in to squelch a Crimson rally in the sixth. Moravec had tripled; Apthrop had pasted a healthy clout into the hands of Hatch, deep in, right field; and "Armie" Essayan had punched out a sharp single to left. Harper came in and, after walking Sullivan, retired the side on weak infield bloopers. He didn't allow another man to reach first base in that game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Nine Ends Season With B.U. Tussle | 8/2/1946 | See Source »

Coming after John Coppinger and Mel Allen had flied and bounced out, Wallace's grounder to the left side seemed to end the inning, but the Tufts shortstop fired the ball into the ground, enabling the pitcher to reach second and making way for Closky's game-winning clout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine Shades Jumbos 2-1 in Season's Finale | 6/14/1945 | See Source »

This week, the eastern teams go west-where the fences are farther away, and not even the Giants themselves expect to clout with such abandon. Back in their own backyard, the westerners hope that both the law of averages and the experts' pre-season predictions will start catching up with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Decline of the West | 5/28/1945 | See Source »

...Dancer. In the Hawaiian Islands, Private Herman Zachary, an Indian, got tired of seeing the hula, wrote home to Desmet, Idaho, for his feathers, breech clout, tomahawk and moccasins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 14, 1944 | 8/14/1944 | See Source »

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