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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Engaged. Lucio and Simplicio Godino, 21 each, of Manila, Filipino "Siamese" twins (joined at the base of their spines); to two sisters, Natividad and Victorino Malos. Marriage licenses were issued to them by the Philippine Department of Justice, which overruled a license bureau clerk who felt that the twins, whom he regarded as one individual with a dual personality, would commit bigamy by marrying two women...
Quite as brave as ex-Monk Freyden-berg was Pierre Pigeaire, a correspondent for the United Press. Alone, he traveled by motor, horse and foot 300 miles from the railhead at Marrakesh to the scene of the ambush, sent the first direct word of the battle. At Meknes base hospital Lieut. Briard. wounded in the first skirmish, told how he had lain behind a desert bush and watched his wounded comrades being stabbed to death by Moors...
...Three-base hits--Walker, Vincent. Two-base hits--Vincent, Holahan, Hoben. Stolen base--Grove. Sacrifice hit--Sawyer. Double plays--Grove and Vincent, Nugent, McGrath, and Todd. Base on balls--off Whitmore 2, off Ketchum 3, off Colpak, off Molloy. Struck out--by Sawyer 2, by Whitmore 2. Hits--off Whitmore 9 in 3 1-3 innings, off Ketchum 4 in 2 2-3 innings, off Colpak 2 in 0 innings (none out in 7th), off Molloy 3 in 0 innings (none out in 7th), off Prior 2 in 2 innings. Losing pitcher Whitmore. Umpires--Devron and Finnell. Time...
...right fielder of the University aggregation has passed both E. H. McGrath '31 and J. A. Prior '29, and is now the team's leading batter. Captain G. E. Donaghy '29 and B. H. Ticknor '31 are members of the 300 class. McGrath also stands as the leading base stealer, having pilfered 11 hassocks. Gilligan with 10 stolen bases, is a close second...
Ticknor has developed into the team's most consistent extra base hitter. Of the 15 sateties he has garnered this year, seven of them have been good for more than one sack, and on four of them he has completed the circuit. McGrath is the leading run scorer and has also made more hits than any of his teammates...