Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Meanwhile, at Philadelphia, unbeaten Army broke loose in the second half to overrun a powerful Penn team (28-13), stretch its undefeated string to 26 straight, and vindicate those who have been insisting all along that the Cadets are the best team in the land...
...Ames, Iowa, undefeated Oklahoma over Iowa State, 20-7, to stretch Oklahoma's winning string...
While Rizzuto was reveling in his new role as a menace at the plate he was doing pretty well afield too. In one stretch of 59 games he handled 288 consecutive chances without an error, an American League record.* Little Phil was the only man durable enough (and irreplaceable enough) to play in every one of his team's games. More than any other player, he sparked the Yankees to their 1950 World Championship...
Last week, going into the stretch run of the campaign, Candidate Taft rocketed about the state...
...Norman, Okla., the University of Oklahoma, 34-28, over Texas A. & M., to stretch its victory string, now the longest in the U.S., to 23 games...