Word: bucketfuls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although the house is only forty years old, it has not completely succumbed to modern science. No TV set has challenged the sanctity of the living room, and a leaky steam-valve in the basement has defied the efforts of Buildings and Grounds plumbers. Today a bucket hangs from the valve to catch the dripping...
...rackets, and with great native ability builds them to new oppressive high. Naturally, he gets his come-uppance, but not at Union hands. His wizened Pappy and loving step-brother help an irate citizen gun him down in the street. But note: he sent another Yankee to the Happy Bucket Shop before...
...experts at the annual New York Baseball Writers' dinner in Manhattan enjoyed an entertainment dividend when Tallulah Bankhead, a dedicated Giant fan, appeared in Leo Durocher's uniform with a few ideas about changing the club. Her suggested improvements: uniforms by Hattie Carnegie, champagne in the water bucket, spring training on the Riviera, and "no more day games. No one comes to matinees anyway any more but women's clubs...
...Simmons (real name: Aloysius Harry Szymanski), 49, hard-hitting outfielder (lifetime average: .334) whose famed foot-in-the-bucket batting stance was the terror of American and National League pitchers for 20 years (1924-44). As a Philadelphia outfielder in the heyday of Connie Mack's Athletics, Simmons hit over .300 for nine straight seasons, won the American League batting title...
...railroad bridge challenged a shadowy figure, gave chase, and ran him down. It was Town Constable Magne. Said he with quick resourcefulness: "I have a rendezvous with a lady. As a man of honor I cannot divulge her name." But Gallic chivalry could not conceal the paintbrush and paint bucket Magne was holding. Charged with being a whitewashing police officer by day and a paint-slapping Communist by night, Constable Magne was fired last week...