Word: basset
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...blocks and a two-masted fishing schooner skimmed down the ways and across the Essex River. They had put on no snubbing line so the craft bedded into the soft earth of the opposite bank. Paid for by Mr. and Mrs. Thebaud, their son-in-law Robert McCurdy. and Basset Jones - all "summer people"; built by Capt. Arthur D. Story; designed to outsail any fishing boat afloat, the Gertrude L. Thebaud will go to the Grand Banks for a summer of fishing to season her for the fish-schooner races in the fall...
Even the oldest peer and the "Father of the House" were consulted. Oldest is William Henry John North, 93, 11th Baron North, High Steward of Banbury, an asthmatic but indomitable old soldier, who still follows his pack of basset-hounds as best he can in his limousine, and must take little comfort that he is a great-grandson of the historic Lord North (Prime Minister 1770-82) whose imperious attitude toward the American Colonies was a major cause of their revolt. The Baronage of North was in abeyance from 1802 to 1841, and the present nth Baron North...
...Batted for Basset in ninth...
HARVARD 1931 WORCESTER Basset, c.f. 2b., Kittredge Jewell, 1b. c.f., Bowers Des Roches, 2b. 3b., Le Grand McGrath, s.s. 1b., Hewitt Samborski, l.f. s.s., Klumb Ogden, 3b. l.f., O'Malley Batchelder, c. r.f., Giobino Leonard, r.f. c., McHugh Gilmore, p. p., Robinson...
...Basset '31, E. J. Des Roches '31, and R. J. Leonard '31, led the first year players in the scoring column, each crossing the plate twice. R. S. Ogden '31 collected three hits in five trips to the plate, while Bassett batted for an average...