Word: upset
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Corey Wynn's freshman tennis team was rudely upset Saturday as Exeter walloped the Yardling players...
...class book, put together by a one-year staff, can't be a topnotch publication. Freshmen interested in that type of work are drained off by the Red Book, and the late organization of the senior book always makes ontime publication nearly impossible. The '46 album, admittedly upset by the war, isn't out yet; the '47-'48 book, with energetic and skillful management, will be lucky to be out this June...
...were touting as the player to watch in 1949 was Cleveland's 25-year-old Negro centerfielder, Larry Doby. Speedster Doby showed plenty of promise last year until, toward the end of the season, pitchers made a discovery: a dust-off ball, thrown in an early inning, could upset Doby's stance for the rest of the day. Doby began to slam fewer clothesline drives to the fences. If he could learn to handle the treatment, baseballers thought he might even be another Joe DiMaggio...
...Upset Army...
...over Army might well be termed an upset, for the Crimson was by far the greener team. Wet outdoor, courts forced play onto the hockey rink's cement courts, and after a bad start the Crimson rallied to win most of the late sets...