Word: babes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Plump, coquettish Adrienne Delamare, aged 12, wanted to marry brisk, bold-eyed Henri Pinteau, 17. Their parents not only approved-they begged that M. le President sanction by special dispensation a child marriage in violation of French law. M. le President considered the reason: a pink and squawling babe safely born Aug. 28 at which time he weighed nine pounds. "Mon Dieu," murmured President Lebrun, "Est-ce possible...
...silver statue inscribed with his record. Said Gehrig, showing signs of strain and fatigue: "It looks as though Miller Huggins gave me rather steady employment at that." Going back to work, the Yankees played like champions for an inning or two, then lost the game, 7-6, despite Babe Ruth's 27th home run of the season. Gehrig made two hits, no runs...
...name of the left-handed girl baseball pitcher who two years ago struck out "Babe" Ruth and Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees in an exhibition game...
Aged 39. fatter than he used to be and nearing the end of the most amazing career in baseball history. Babe Ruth now can be sure of performing his homerun specialty only on great occasions. Such an occasion presented itself last week in Chicago where all-star teams representing the National and American Leagues played what was advertised as "The Game of the Century." Ruth came to bat in the third inning. Pitcher Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals, wild in the second inning when the American League scored its first run. had already given Detroit's Gehringer...
That effectively ended the game. Hallahan was taken out and Pitchers Lon Warneke of the Chicago Cubs and Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants held the American League to one more run. In the sixth inning Babe Ruth was so slow in retrieving a long hit to right field that it turned into a triple and gave the National League two runs. The game ended 4 to 2. in favor of the American League...