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Word: playoffs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...season will be run off as a round-robin, each team getting one chance at every other. The robin of the season will clash colors with the winning flock of Yale tweeters Friday, November 19. Traditionally there is also a playoff between the League worms...

Author: By John Shortlidge, | Title: 200 Don Pads for Football Inter-House League Tourney | 10/6/1948 | See Source »

...first, Samborski dickered with the idea of running two leagues with a playoff between the two winners for the Yale game honors. The purpose: a more camel season for both players and coaches...

Author: By John Shortlidge, | Title: 200 Don Pads for Football Inter-House League Tourney | 10/6/1948 | See Source »

Next day in the playoff, Hogan played like the champion he is. Crisp and determined, he was over par on only one hole, had nothing but 43 and 35 on his card. His 64 for the round was a sensational eight under par, and two strokes under the Brookfield record. Porky Oliver, with a lackluster 73, suffered the worst play-off drubbing since Bobby Jones trimmed Al Espinosa by 23 strokes in a 36-hole playoff in the 1929 National Open. Oliver joined the Hogan rooters, cheerfully shouted "Get in!" at Hogan's putts. They did, and Hogan became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Comer | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

When word came from New Prep that "lack of practice" would force cancellation of this afternoon's game, Moe 'Bergs' Freshman nine quickly rearranged its schedule, and instead decided to square off with the Jayvees in the playoff of last Saturday's postponed match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvee, Yardling Nines Meet Today | 4/13/1948 | See Source »

...second half of Sunday's bill was the playoff between Princeton and Yale for the intercollegiate cup, offered by the Bermuda Trade Development Board. Yale was the favorite, and most of the Harvard team who stayed around to watch the second game, were gratified to see the Bulldog take an unexpected pounding. Princeton fought for every minute, and her little scrum-half, John Cotter from Chile, put in the best performance of any of the visiting college players. Although Yale rallied considerably in the second half, Princeton finally conquered by 6 to 4 to win the championship...

Author: By Roger H. Wilson, | Title: Ruggers Find Bermuda A Mid-Ocean Paradise | 4/9/1948 | See Source »

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