Word: chick
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week's game, the team coached by N. Y. U.'s Chick Meehan was a little too well-prepared. Expecting long forward passes, they were surprised in the second period when a Tennessee halfback named Beatty Feathers ran 65 yd. for a touchdown. Expecting Gene McEver's line drives, they were surprised a minute or two later when an alternate halfback, Herbert Brackett, behind brilliant blocking, ran 75 yd. for another touchdown. Except for Gene McEver's extra point-by a line plunge-after the first touchdown, there was no other scoring. The Tennessee defense...
...days of racing off Newport ended the cruise. Twenty-two year old Elizabeth ("Sis") Hovey, sailing her father's Istalena, beat Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams (called "Chick" by fellow yachtsmen) in the Vanitie to win the Astor Cup for sloops; Rowe B. Metcalf's Sachem won the Astor Cup for schooners. Next day, in a fine fresh breeze, Weetamoe won the cup presented by King George V, beating Valiant by one second over the 30-mile triangular course...
HENRY SILVERTHORNE Riverside, Ill. P.S. Another very curious quality of this bird is its feathers which are webless and resemble the down on a baby chick-thus Silky Fowl...
Last week's egg, pale green and about 4 in. long, lay in a special incubator while Dr. Mann hoped. Soon, forth should come a white-downed condor chick...
Records. Frank Francis Frisch, Cardinal second baseman: in six world series, 45 hits. Charles James ("Chick") Hafey, Cardinal left fielder: in one series, five two-base hits. Cornelius ("Connie Mack") McGillicuddy: five world championships...