Word: benches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Judge Medina commented that he supposed Dennis' protests stemmed from his unfamiliarity with the law. But after an hour-during which he was once forced to leave the bench to quiet the uproar-Medina consented to listen to a motion for acquittal based on whether the Justice Holmes doctrine of "clear and present danger" applied to the case (see above). Next day Defense Attorney Abraham J. Isserman argued, in effect, that the defendants were being denied "the right to engage in political activity...
...fourth period, the players were beginning to have a good time, and Munro was giving the bench its licks. Six goals were racked up in the last period, five in the first five minutes; and the almost two dozen partisan fans in the stands were wallowing in the delight of a rout...
Still in the dugout at week's end was such costly talent as ailing Clouter Charlie Keller, Pitcher Bob Porterfield and Second Baseman Snuffy Stirnweiss, not to mention DiMag himself. Watching their understudies paste the ball lopsided, some Yankee veterans seemed almost resigned to bench-warming. To cap it all, the Yanks were getting fine pitching: Vic Raschi and Ed Lopat had won three each...
...averaging about nine hits per game but it has left a lot of runners stranded and has made several costly errors. The club's ranking hitter in 1948, Ray Thek, is back this year, having survived a sophomore rush which put four of the 13 returning lettermen on the bench. Walt Armstrong and Will Prior have been leading the Nassau hitting attack this spring...
...newsmen's bench will be groaning with reserves. Jaytoo "Pasha" Snail, Alexander C. Hamberpotte, S. W. and R. A. Green--famed brother battery that burned up the league last year--and perennial player-coach Bumbling S. Gotnocuts are sure to see action...