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...Manhattan. The first game lasted 18 innings. Carl Hubbell, pitching for the Giants, allowed six hits, no bases on balls and only one batter to reach third base. James Carleton, pitching for the Cardinals, did almost as well until the 17th inning when he was taken out for a pinch-hitter. With Haines pitching for St. Louis in the 18th, Moore got a base on balls and scored, with two out, on a single by Second Baseman Critz...
...husbands, the two Hollywood Mdivanis proved an expensive luxury. With the first pinch of Depression, Pola Negri decided to get rid of her handsome Prince Serge. While Mae Murray was pondering whether to divorce her David, he and Brother Serge struck oil back of her bath house at Venice, Calif. They organized the Pacific Shore Oil Co. with Actress Murray putting up most of the cash. Stock was sold to every available member of the cinema colony. Divorced by Pola Negri, Serge's second venture was to marry Chicago Opera Singer Mary McCormic...
...proposed to take his squadron completely around the world, but abandoned that scheme as too pretentious, if not too risky. Even the flight to the U. S. and back, a magnificent military gesture costing upward of $500,000, was not approved by all Italians, who feel acutely the pinch of hard times. At one time the Italian Government even denied that it was contemplated. However, for the past year and a half at Orbetello, and more recently along the route to Chicago, flight preparations have been intense...
...pitcher, whose fumble enabled the batter to reach first. The next man, Kiernan, advanced Gleason with a single to place runners on first and second bases, with no outs. Loughlin sacrificed, advancing the men on bases, but the game ended when Woodruff fanned, and Murmes, who was pinch hitting for McJennett, flyed out to the third baseman...
...partly disabled in civil life and veterans with ailments developed before Jan. 1, 1925 which a generous law "presumed" to have resulted from the War. The President screwed his system down tight on the veterans, with the idea of easing it up here & there when it was found to pinch too hard...