Word: cleanup
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Strictly speaking, the Capone residence is just outside Chicago, in ill-famed Cicero, Ill. But the Capone operations are inside the city limits. Chicago's police and Mr. Capone understand each other when a civic "cleanup" is afoot...
...another field of activity, Mr. C. C. Pyle removed his attention from his tennis proteges long enough to arrange a transcontinental foot-race from Los Angeles to New York. With more than 200 starters and handsome purses offered by the cities on the route, prospects were good for a cleanup, but Mr. Pyle counted too much on human capabilities. So far less than half the runners are left with the borders of Arizona yet to be crossed, and the chances of any of them reaching the goal seem much reduced. The magic of the dollar sign does not always suffice...
After changes in lineup and batting order instituted for the weekend games, Coach F. G. Mitchell will return to his arrangement of the past few weeks, with W. W. Lord '28 covering first base and batting in the cleanup position. J. P. Chase '28 in left field, and J. E. Tobin '27 again relegated to the substitutes' bench. The batting order shift of last week that interchanged Chase and W. B. Jones '28 is apparently permanent. Chase has been hitting very well since his elevation to the second place in the lineup...
...their local police chief, Seranus Lengel, who had been one of Mellett's prominent targets. There was even talk of changing Canton's form of city government. Canton's leading citizen, Manufacturer H. H. ("Roller Bearings") Timken, fumed over the unemotional attitude of the Citizens' Cleanup Committee, vowing he would "get some damned action" or resign...
...Georgetown. Both Haggerty and Barker can run the half in under 1 minute 58 seconds, whereas Gibson, the best Eli half-miler, usually breaks the tape in a fraction over 1 minute 58 seconds. When pressed Gibson may show something better, but the chances look good for a Crimson cleanup in the half...