Word: balking
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...base hits--Williamson, Hitney, Gengarelly, Lee. Double play--De Give to Hines to Murphy. Left on bases--Harvard 4, Yale 7, Yale 7, Bases on balls--off De Give 6, off Broaca 0, Struck out--by De Give 11, by Broaca 12. Passed ball--Collins, Balk--De Give. Umpires--Hart and Spellman, Time of game...
...South Wales the Lang Government declared that Sir Philip Game's position is "an untenable one." Sir Philip held it. Mr. Lang then told reporters that Sir Philip had promised him some time ago, "man to man," that he would not balk at appointing the necessary Laborites to abolish the Upper House. Sir Philip neither confirmed nor denied this promise, continued to balk. Then Mr. Lang threatened to ask George V to recall Sir Philip Game...
...chorus takes the booby prize for pulchritude and doesn't even dance well enough to justify their existence. There is the almost inescapable collection of humanity known as chorus men about which the less said the better. All in all the Street Singer can be given the miss in balk without any qualms...
...being corrupted by the addition of old-style Turkish flourishes. Many a young Turk, once he has mastered the new letters at a Government school, goes home to his village and soon develops a "dialect alphabet" which only his closest intimates can read. How to wipe out this maddening balk of progress? Obviously, with typewriters...
...entertainments will feature a program being arranged by the Union for this week-end. This afternoon at 4 o'clock Edouard Horemans, world's champion 18.2 balk-line billiard player, and Welker Cochran, American title-holder, will play an exhibition match in the living room...