Word: ace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born. To Lynwood ("Schoolboy") Rowe, 23, ace pitcher of Detroit's American League baseball team, and Edna May Rowe: a son, their first child; in Detroit. Weight: 4 Ib. Next day Father Rowe yielded only three hits as he beat Boston...
...mind when they presented the character Walter Burns-the tough, smooth Chicago managing editor who stole the dead woman's stomach from the coroner's physician to prove she was poisoned; who scooped the town on a jailbreak, caught the mayor in skulduggery, shanghaied his ace reporter from his honeymoon all in three dizzy acts...
Against this array of power Coach Fred Mitchell sends a full-strength lineup and the veteran mound ace, Bill Lincoln. He will try for another win to match Eddie Loughlin's 8-7 victory over these same Crusaders last year...
Rarely does the University Theater combine in one program two features with as great an entertainment value as "Star of Midnight" and "Hold 'Em Yale." The former attraction, an extremely complicated murder mystery starring that ace of detectives William Powell, joins with Damon Runyon's most recent comedy hit to offer an evening of pleasing diversion to the theatergoer. In fact, despite the general prevalence of examinations, we do not hesitate to recommend the current double bill as one of the more interesting attractions of the season...
Since the Ithacan outfit has the best batting average in the League, it is fairly certain that Coach Fred Mitchell will use his ace twirlers, Bill Lincoln and Tom Bilodeau, for mound duty today. Although only fourth in the list of league batting averages, the Crimson team has proved one of the outstanding outfits in the intercollegiate competition, having scored more runs per game than any of its rivals...