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Recently someone wrapped a length of iron pipe in a newspaper and with it slugged Ben Kohn. Slugged also were various other Browningites. Last week, Governor Browning posted $250 reward for Ben Kohn's slugger's apprehension. At the same time he invoked a forgotten law of 1919 empowering him to appoint up to 600 State police...
There are two changes in the CRIMSON nine, Robby Feller being choson for pitching in place of Morry Earle and Cappy Weinberger, the sunkist San Francisco slugger, taking ever the second hassock instead of the former choice, a far less wily willow wielder...
That the World Champion Yankees (odds-on favorites to win the American League Pennant again this year) would welcome their No. 1 slugger, was demonstrated during the first week of the new season. In a four-game series with the Boston Red Sox (a pre-season 20-to-1 shot), the famed, hard-hitting Yankees had ignominiously lost three games, including a two-hit shutout. Mighty Lou Gehrig had failed to get even one piddling...
What a Life (by Clifford Goldsmith; produced by George Abbott). Producer George Abbott, last season's home-run slugger (Room Service, Brother Rat), this season struck out in his first three times at bat. But last week he came up for the fourth time, clouted the ball safely into .the outfield. Not hit so hard as Brother Rat, What a Life travels pretty much in the same direction. Substituting high school for military academy, What a Life is as adolescent as a changing voice, as clean as a West Pointer's white ducks. Chief amusement centres in Henry...
...season has been gruesome enough of late without witnessing an exhibition game. Yesterday's class was no exception. Boston's million-dollar Hose merely went through the motions. The outfielders took so long getting to and from their positions that the game was on several occasions held up noticeably. Slugger Jimmy Fox struck out twice, the final time to end the game, and each time he laid his bat down so carefully that there was absolutely no danger of damaging the hickory...