Word: beese
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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At the crest of the final hill, the coolie could see the entire Ichang Front. All around him were the Chinese strong points: machine-gun posts supported by trenched rifle pits. Farther down were lines of trenches skillfully disguised by green branches, banks of sod, transplanted wheat; odoriferous dugouts in...
First crack out of the box, the new owners of the Boston National League Baseball Club last week changed its nickname back from The Bees to the Braves. Its previous nicknames: Doves (after Owner George B. Dovey), 1907-12; Bean Eaters, 1876-1907.
Last week the Boston Bees, orphans of the National Baseball League, were adopted at last. Their orphanage dates back to 1935, when Boston Grocer Charles Francis Adams (not to be confused with onetime Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, no kin) took over controlling interest in the Boston Braves...
Ineligible to run the Braves, Turfman Adams forthwith got hardy Bob Quinn, onetime owner of the rival Boston Red Sox, to take charge of the club (renamed the Bees) until a suitable buyer could be found. But customers for a big-league ball club do not grow on trees.
Last week President Quinn finally announced the formation of a syndicate to buy Mr. Adams' holdings (73% of the club's stock), reputedly worth $350,000. The 17 new owners, thoroughly acceptable to Judge Landis, include Casey Stengel, the Bees' manager; Max C. Meyer of Brooklyn, manufacturer...