Word: galveston
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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John Bamber Hickam '36, of Galveston, Texas, has been awarded the Jacob Wendell Scholarship, one of the leading undergraduate honors at the University, it was announced yesterday. Hickam prepared at the Western High School in Washington, D. C., but his home is at Fort Crockett, in Galveston where his father is an officer in the United States Air Corps. He ended his Freshman year in the highest group of the rank list, and is now specializing in Bio-Chemical Sciences in preparation for the study of medicine after graduation...
...thought long and hard about this pitching strategy was a Birmingham. Ala. jeweler named Pat Linnehan. Jeweler Linnehan figured out a remedy, suggested it to friends on his hometown team in the Southern Association. Last week at the convention of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in Galveston, the Southern Association announced adoption of a new rule: When there are two out. and the pitcher walks the batter on four consecutive balls, "runners occupying bases shall be advanced two bases, except in the event both second base and third base are occupied, when the runner on third shall score...
Extra alert were the Coast Guard outside of New York Harbor one night last week. They had been tipped off that a big load of Canadian liquor was to be smuggled in. When a passing steamer signalled that she was the Texas Ranger, inbound from Galveston, they did not inquire further. They knew the Texas Ranger was about due, and coastwise vessels of U. S. registry do not have to touch at Quarantine...
...Shipping Co., Ltd., the abandoned ship was towed down the river into New York harbor and her cargo placed under guard. As she lay at anchor near the Statue of Liberty she created amazement among the officers and crew of the real Texas Ranger as they steamed in from Galveston...
...boats crossed the starting line heeling in a brisk wind and it turned out to be the most exciting race of the series. Nereid II of Galveston rammed La Tortue, a French boat, causing Nereid II to be disqualified and Mrs. Judith Bailey-Balken. skipper of La Tortue, to flop into the water. Sparkler II of New Orleans lost its mast. On the Cene, of Seattle, a mainsail halyard parted and the crew repaired it just in time to reach the finish line at sundown. That a skipper in home waters has an immense advantage, any small-boat sailor knows...