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When Owner Allgood dies, Butterfingers cinches the pennant by wooing funds for new players from the svelte new socialite owner (Carole Landis). Soon it is clear that he is also about to cinch Owner Landis. Romance for Butterfingers lies just beyond the bleachers...
...Governor of Kansas (1929-31), having got there with the help of Campaign Manager Alf Landon. He had a tempestuous administration, quarreled with everyone. His friend Roy Roberts, rotund managing editor of the Kansas City Star, told him: "If you manage to meet enough people, you're a cinch to be beaten next time." He did and he was. Reed stayed in political retirement until 1938, when he emerged to oppose rabble-rousing Rev. Gerald Winrod in the Republican Senatorial primary, went on to win the Senate seat...
...South Atlantic beat is no cinch. Squalls and typhoons range the African coast. All planes are 3,500-6,000 Ib. overloaded (extra gas, rations, war goods) at takeoff. Most African airports are still under construction-nothing to help a three-point landing. Even so, the loss record is good: about 5% at first, a bare...
...pitching assignments were announced before the team left Boston last night, but is very likely that Mort Waldstein will be commissioned to rout the E. I. B. L. champs at Princeton tomorrow. Last year Waldstein beat the Tigers 7 to 4, hitting a ninth-inning homer to cinch the game. He lost the second half of the Princeton series, 6 to 4, although he held them to seven hits...
...minutes the nurse let Vag get up, and he was surprised to discover that he felt better than he had before. Shucks, that was a cinch, thought Vag. "Thank you very much for your contribution," said the nurse as he walked out. "Don't mention it," he replied benignly. Just as he got to the door, however, he could not resist the temptation. He turned, struck a pose, and declared to the world at large, "My only regret is that I have but one pint to give to my country...