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...crowd watched the Akron rise to 2,000 ft. with the one man still dangling beneath her. The heat grew oppressive. A yell went up as the lump at the end of the cable showed life. Sailor Charles ("Bud") Cowart had straddled a toggle above the ring at the end of the cable, was taking two bowline hitches about his waist. Several times' Lieut. Commander Rosendahl maneuvered the tossing ship toward earth, but fearing that Sailor Cowart would be bashed to death, soared again. Firemen stretched nets to try to catch him if he fell...
...victory of the younger men was attributed to a more intelligent grasping of the principles of base running. Although slightly bewildered during the early innings, the field workers tightened up in the final five rounds and presented an air-tight defense which nipped in the bud most of the opposing team's efforts to add to their lead...
Awarded. Adeita de Beaumont Fisher, estranged wife of Cartoonist Harry Conway ("Bud") Fisher ("Mutt & Jeff"); $5,000 in a damage suit (burned ear) against Charles Jundt ("of the Ritz"), coiffeur; in Manhattan...
...trading Fielder Hack Wilson and a young pitcher named Bud Teachout to the Cardinals, the Cubs last winter got Burleigh Grimes, famed spitball pitcher who pitched a two-hit game in last year's World Series. The success of the Giants, according to Manager McGraw, depended largely on the performance of Second Baseman Hughie Critz who hurt his throwing arm early last season and may not yet be fully recovered. The Giants new left fielder, Len Koenecke, bought for $75,000 from Indianapolis, last week made two two-base hits in a game against the Cubs...
...collegian squirting seltzer-water at beturbanned Indian moguls.* William Bateman ("Tinplate") Leeds provided a fine funeral complete with a satin-lined casket at Scarsdale, N. Y., for Pal, a German shepherd dog killed in a dog fight. Hearst's Boston American quoted friends of youthful James A. ("Bud") Stillman Jr., son of Banker Stillman and Mrs. Fifi Fowler McCormick, as saying that after being graduated from Harvard Medical School in June, he will devote himself to free obstetrical work among the needy...