Word: circuits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years later the team of Kaye & Eisen was still no farther than the borsch summer-resort circuit in the Catskills. Here, besides being straight entertainers, they were also what is known as "tumulers"-aides of the hotel manager who, on rainy days, were sent out to "make with the tumult" and, by distracting disgruntled guests, prevent them from checking out. Kaye & Eisen did their tumuling by chasing each other through the halls with meat cleavers, jumping into fish ponds...
When the raiding started, organized baseball in the U.S. declared diplomatic warfare on the Liga. The U.S. officially recognized a small-time competitor, the Mexican National League, pointedly ignored the Pasquel circuit, which thus remained "outlaw." Smart Dictator Pasquel affects to be very amused by this. Says he: "Yankee humor...
...Radio Pictures, Inc.; Loew's Inc.; 20th Century-Fox Film Corp.; Paramount Pictures, Inc.; Balaban & Katz Corp.; Vitagraph, Inc.; Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.; Warner Bros. Theatres...
...Wisely, but Too Well. In Brookings, S.D., trustees of the Church of Christ petitioned the circuit court to keep Mr. & Mrs. Allen R. McMillan from attending services, because they disrupted worship by shouting "amen" too loudly and often...
...Rams, Redskins and the rest of the National Football League would now move indoors for a front-office fight with the newly created and rival All-America Conference. Last week, the All-Americas considered New Orleans for a tenth city on their coast-to-coast circuit, admitted giving ex-National Leaguer (and part-owner of Yankee Stadium) Dan Topping $100,000 to join their fold, promised to raid National League player rosters...