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Next to Henry Ford himself the world's foremost "Fordizer" has been Thomas Bat'a (pronounced Bahtya). Fifty-six years ago he was born to the wife of a poor cobbler in Zlin. He made Zlin the "Shoe Capital" of Europe. Last week he met his death at Zlin. One of his last philanthropies was a thumping gift which completely wiped out the civic debt of Zlin...
Because, like Henry Ford, he profoundly mistrusted financiers, Thomas Bat'a took care to remain the First Working Partner in a partnership which embraced all his employes. No one outside the partnership could own Bat'a stock. In Bat'a language the Bat'a newspaper of Zlin tersely announced the tragedy thus...
...Frankie Petrolle, welterweight of Schenectady, N. Y., young brother of famed Billy ("Fargo Express''): a ten-round fight against onetime Featherweight Champion Christopher ("Bat") Battalino, whom Billy Petrolle has thrashed in two bloody fights this year (TIME, April 4; May 30); at Long Island City...
Harvard's baseball team has averaged almost an even .300 in batting this spring, compared with an average of only .159 made by opponents in games against the Crimson. Out of 503 times at bat the team has pounded out a total of 151 safe hits...
...work of Wood and Mays has done much to raise Harvard's average to its present level. Wood has hit more consistently and more effectively than any other member of the nine. In 57 chances at bat he has made 28 hits for a season's record of .491. Four times he has knocked out doubles, as well as two three-base hits and two homers. Mays is the other member of the team hitting over .400. He has hit 24 times for a score of .421. Sprague and Gleason are both batting .500. The former, however, was at bat...