Word: sank
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Disaster struck the soo-ft. Mississippi towboat Natchez, namesake of the steamboat which raced the Robert E. Lee. The swollen river's current smashed the vessel into a bridge pier near Greenville, Miss. She rolled over and sank in 30 seconds. Thirteen of her crew were saved; another 13 drowned...
...played. Players exchanged scowls and heated words; the referees broke up one fist fight only to have another threaten. At one point, the referee wanted to keep an N.Y.U. player from shooting a foul until the hooting stopped; the player grabbed the ball, glared at the crowd, and sank one. In the final five minutes, harassed N.Y.U. lost its head completely. When the game ended, 51 personal fouls had been chalked up to both teams; and the lead seesawed 17 times. Final score: Notre Dame 64, N.Y.U. 59. That left no undefeated college team in the land...
High 'Cliffe scorer was Captain Camklein, who sank two 'baskets and totalled three points on foul shots...
...Elis showed fantastic accuracy with their floor shots from the start of the game, pulling off to a 24 to 8 lead after ten minutes. Meanwhile, the Crimson was missing everything, including free throws. In the first half Harvard sank only four of its 18 foul shot tries...
...same time as the Eli basketball and Heptagonal track contests, the Harvards will play host to Penn swimmers in the Blockhouse pool at 8:15 o'clock. The Quakers sank Dartmouth 43 to 32 three weeks ago, the same score by which the Crimson took the Indians February 13. The Crimson's undefeated tank record rides precariously on the outcome of Saturday's meet...