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...starting line-up as announced last night by Coach Mahan, unless last minute changes are made on account of one or two lame arms among the potential starters, will include four Sophomores, three of them in the infield. Zarakov, 1927 Freshman captain, has in the last few days passed Slayton in the fight for the third base berth. He will lead off in the batting order...
...Appropriation Bill for the Legislative Establishment that is Congress having been passed a week before by the House, came up one evening in the Senate. Only twelve minutes were spent in passing it but, while it was 01 the floor, an amendment sponsored by Senator Ball, lame duck Republican from Delaware, was quietly attached without discussion or a roll call...
Premier Herriot, his lame leg resting bandaged upon a stool, fidgeted, looked uneasy. The following day, he roundly assailed the Vatican, repudiated M. Briand's advice, said that he had made a decision and would stick by it. (Tremendous applause from the Left benches...
...Senate that Mr. Kellogg became known to Vice President Coolidge. It was as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Mr. Kellogg was acquainted with Secretary Hughes. In December, 1923, after Ambassador Harvey retired, Mr. Kellogg became Ambassador to Great Britain. His was, of course, a "lame duck" appointment, and not looked upon with favor in some political quarters. To the same quarters his second elevation is equally unpleasing; political opponents doubted his capacity, referred to him as "too nervous, too worried a little man," and remarked that his Senatorial colleagues used to refer to him humorously...
...lawyer interested in a number of enterprises including banking, glass, cotton goods, cotton seed products and the development of waterpower. But, last summer, when he went back to his state, he was defeated for renomination by Cole Blease, onetime Governor (TIME, Sept. 8). So Mr. Dial is a "lame duck," must retire from the Senate in March...