Word: benning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Born in golf-famed Carnoustie, Scotland, one of five golfing brothers (Willie, George, James, Macdonald), he came to the U. S. in 1897 and became, with Willie Anderson, Ben and Gilbert ("Gil") Nicholls, one of the game's U. S. quartet of Grand Old Men. Witty, violent, robust, strong-tongued, he was a great teacher. He loved to recall the time when a golf-bag was an object of ridicule. "Do I look like a sissy? Well, that's what they called...
...more than the President of the U. S. Lou Gehrig makes about $30,000. Their troubles last year were the left side of the infield, Ruths sickness, Gehrig's hitting slump. They are depending on the batting and fielding of able Left Fielder Dusty Cooke and of Ben Chapman on third. Until the young pitchers show class, much depends on old timers Pennock and Hoyt...
Under the auspices of the Harvard Liberal Club, Judge Ben B. Lindsey will speak tomorrow afternoon in the Peabody Room of Phillips Brooks House. He will talk on what he calls "The Dangerous Life," and will include an explanation of his much touted book "The Companionate Marriage...
...Ben boomed the half hour after 12 o'clock noon, two crows, calm and collected, were waiting on the Thames ready to dip their oars, about a minute later the starter's gun barked and off they were, rowing a smooth beat, while a slowly drizzling rain gradually was turning into a heavier downpour. That was the start of the eighty-second Oxford-Cambridge boat race last Saturday on the historic Thames. The two crews were tied in the number of victories--there were 40 wins for each and one dead heat--and now these two historic colleges, rich...
...exhibition. He has held various billiard titles at different times and is the son of a one time champion. . . . Rex, second string catcher on the baseball team, broke his finger on the Southern trip in the Catholic U. game and will probably be out for about a month. . . . Ben Bassett, diminutive right fielder on the ball team, who comes from the Cape Cod region, was bragging to his mates on the trip to the South about his sailing abilities. On the second day out he was the first one who had to have medical attention. . . . Incidentally, some New York sports...