Word: armed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Before General Obregon proceeded to "take his turn" he broke the power of Bandit Pancho Villa with the decisive victories of Celaya and Guano Juato, which however cost him his right arm, amputated above the elbow after wounds...
Correspondents guessed that some of the women raced were "impecunious Russian princesses." Certain.was the fact that they wore décolleté one-piece bathing suits, jockey caps and regulation jockey arm bands...
...Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld, Major James Fitzmaurice, last week were honored by onetime royalty, snubbed by royalty's onetime subjects. Fresh from receptions in Bremen and Dublin, they flew to Doom, Holland, where Wilhelm II stood on the castle roof to wave them farewell with his one sound arm; thence to Cologne, Germany, where the city fathers, Kaiser-hating, failed to appoint a committee of welcome...
...very poor at them, Goslin has proved himself for a long time a fine batter. Last spring he bet "Memphis Bill" Terry, Giant first baseman, $5 he could beat him sprinting, lost his five. A little later, with no money up, he tried to throw the discus, strained his arm. Unable to win games without...
...Manager Harris of Washington sent Goslin lame-armed into left field, told Shortstop Reeves to run out and help him re-turn his catches. Perhaps Goslin's bad arm had keyed up his batting, some followers suggested; most agreed that he was hitting beyond his real abilities-no one could be as good as .414. As a superior player critics pointed to Rogers ("Rajah") Hornsby, manager, second baseman of the Braves, leading the National League at bat with an average close to .400. Some sporting writers, fond of big words, spoke of him as a genius, others, with...