Word: bennetts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...through the years. For himself he selected the cipher word 'Andes,' modestly taking the name of the second highest altitude on the earth's surface. He commonly went by the code name in office conversation. . . . Colonel George B. M. Harvey was 'Sawpit'; James Gordon Bennett came over the cable as 'Gaiter' and William R. Hearst as 'Gush.' For William J. Bryan, two code designations were used: 'Guilder' and 'Maxilla,' the latter possibly a delicate reference to jaw. Pomeroy Burton became 'Gumbo,' perhaps as he himself...
Piloting the Belgica, Lieut. Ernest de Muyter of the Belgian Army, won the James Gordon Bennett balloon trophy for the third time. The cup has now become his permanent property. Leaving Brussels, de Muyter landed at St. Albans Head on the English Chan nel after more than 48 hours in the air ; he had covered the comparatively short distance of 475 miles. Much longer flights have been accomplished in previous races, with over 1,100 miles as the world's record balloon flight. This - the 13th contest - was marked by none of the terrible accidents of last year, when...
This year's awards, which have just been announced, have been made to the following: R. D. Bennett, Union College and the University of Chicago; Ulric Bray, Emory University and Yale; G. H. Carragan, Rennsehier Polytechnic Institute and University of Chicago; E. W. Cheney, Dartmouth College and Brown University; R. C. Hensen, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and John Hopkins University; C. T. Hesselmeyer, Leland Stanford Junior University; A. L. Dixon, University of Illinois; and W. L. Fink, University of Michigan. The last two men received fellowships for this year and these have been renewed for next...
...batting averages for the season are unsatisfactory in that the men who played in the early season against weak pitching have higher averages than the men who replaced them as the harder games came along. Howard, Tobin, and Bennett are really the team's ranking hitters...
...Gross 2b. 9 17 4 6 2 2 0 .363 3 2 1 .853 Howard s.s. 8 33 6 11 1 5 1 .333 24 31 7 .887 Tobin c., 1b. 13 46 10 15 2 0 0 .326 112 8 3 .976 Bennett c.f. 14 54 12 17 2 2 0 .315 21 2 2 .920 de Becker r.f. 3 10 2 3 0 2 0 .300 6 0 0 1.000 Zarakov s.s., 3b. 14 51 16 14 1 0 0 .275 26 24 8 .862 Bailey...