Word: clay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From Aaron Burr to William Jennings Bryan, Mr. Seitz deals with eighteen "also rans" in the Presidential sweeps-takes. Famous names appear, like John Calhaun, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster. Men like John Fremont, James G. Blaine, less in the mouths of the public, receive their...
...succeed Herbert Lee Pratt, elected chairman in succession to Henry Clay Folger, recently resigned...
Rain turned the red Georgia earth to clay. Manager Walter Johnson, drawn and underweight from influenza, sat on a bench in plain clothes and a raincoat and watched the Giants in the year's first game beat the Newark Bears, 8 to 0. Bill Terry, infielder, knocked a home run the first time at bat. "Gee, I wish I could get out and throw a few" Johnson said, shifting on the bench...
...CLAY MIDDLETON
...best, but the young men are the champions. The headquarters of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association is in Akron, Ohio. A horseshoe pitcher uses two horseshoes, each weighing 2½ Ibs. He tosses them at an iron stake 40 ft. away, protruding 8 in. above a bed of potters clay. Then his opponent does likewise. The shoe that lands nearest the stake scores 1 point; a ringer 3 points; a double ringer 6 points. The first player to score 50 points wins the game. In championship matches, calipers and a straight edge are used to determine accurately which horseshoe...