Word: guys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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MURDER AT BRATTOX GRANGE-John Rhode-Dodd, Mead ($2). When Sir Hector Davidson was found dead with a metal file driven through his heart, only one person was seriously suspected, Guy Davidson, the heir. First the police charged Guy with the murder; then even Dr. Priestley, famed criminologist whom Guy summoned, found sufficient circumstantial evidence to make the prosecution think it had a clear case. However, by calmly assuming the guilt, Guy was able, on a technicality, to go free. Afterward Dr. Priestley, discovering how the murder really happened, forebore to reveal his knowledge to the State. The story differs...
...Pitchers Guy Bush of the Chicago Nationals and "Swede" Walberg of the Philadelphia Americans have also been exceptions to the general rule of the sad and battered pitcher. Both are fastball pitchers (like Grove) depending chiefly on their arms, little on their heads...
...liner. If he is long on the bench, the Chicago Club should be the next champion. Outstanding Chicagoans are Infielder Rogers Hornsby and Outfielders Hack Wilson (who recently got into a fist fight with a Cincinnati player), Riggs Stephenson, Kiki Cuyler. The Chicago Club has three first rate pitchers (Guy Bush, Charlie Root, Pat Malone) precisely two more than most of its competitors can muster...
...evening after Speaker Fitzroy was installed on his Chair, "Beefeaters" (Yeomen of the Guard) from the Tower of London marched through the cellars of Parliament. Carrying halberds and horn lanterns they poked in crannies, peered in corners. The purpose of this search was to look for Guy Fawkes, a gentleman who, one Nov. 4, tried to blow up Parliament, but who, to the comfort of present-day "Beefeaters," has been dead since...
Satisfied that Guy Fawkes was not in the cellar, Parliament proceeded to open. For the first time since 1900, the Sovereign did not appear...