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...held the Senators to one hit in the eighth & ninth. It took one more inning to break up the ball game, end the series. There were two out and two-&-two on little Mel Ott. As the next ball came he swung with everything in his compact body and crack! the ball sailed away high for centre field. Centre Fielder Schulte raced for the fence. He reached as far into the $1 bleacher seats as he could. The falling ball ticked his glove, glanced away into the stand with Schulte sprawling after it. One of the umpires wanted to call...
...Sailplanes stunting in formation, led by crack Pilot Jack O'Meara...
...Later on! Later on!" cried the Liverymen at each name, sure that London's Mayoral pack will be dealt in proper order from now until Doom's crack. Knowing that her husband was bound to win, Mrs. Collett watched beaming from a balcony beside the outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Percy Greenaway, Stationer. Sedately the Aldermen, who form a small key group in the great body of Liverymen, retired to vote in private for the inevitable top card...
...fire, shot ten defenseless officers dead in their tracks. Thirty more dead officers were found in the hotel. While the living were roughly carted off to jail, their civilian sympathizers on housetops fired into the ranks of the soldier-captors, killed 20. Soon after the officers were imprisoned, the crack of rifle squads sounded grimly from behind the walls. Until late evening guerrilla warfare continued between automobile loads of soldiers and civilians. Estimated day's toll: 120 dead, 250 wounded...
...special meaning. There are no professionals in the game. Teams for the Open are organized by leaders whose position is a little bit like that of a small boy who has been given a new football. Equipped with money and mounts to outfit their teams, they select crack players for their sides. Thus last week, Greentree had reached the final by beating C. V. ("Sonny") Whitney's Westburys and Winston Guest's Templetons, who won the title last year. The Auroras, with a bye in the draw, had ridden over Stephen ("Laddie") Sanford's Hurricanes...