Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Robin Hood's Bay, on the rocky Yorkshire coast, is an old fishing village isolated by sea and moor. Picturesque houses climb crazily up a steep cliff. Saint Stephen's Church, at the top of the cliff, is one of the centers of community life for most of the 800 villagers. There they go for a crowded weekly calendar of services, whist drives, community sings, jumble (rummage) sales and church dances. There, since 1944, tall, sturdy Rev. Arthur Patrick has presided over his flock. Until last month, few in Robin Hood's Bay knew what a blight...
...that you have cleaned the church," it read, "would you clean the damned filthy rotten minds of your congregation?" Patrick listened among his parishioners, soon learned that he was not the only target of the poison penman. One woman came to him and threatened to throw herself off the cliff if she got another insulting letter. A respected old villager was accused of fathering his own daughter's child. A heartbroken mother, whose baby had just died, was accused of killing the baby herself. Some thought the letters must come from a member of the church choir: caustic remarks...
...Essayan performs adequately, it is likely that Samborski will shift Cliff Crosby from catcher to the infield. Crosby hit well on the road trip until he collided with Wally Coulson against Temple and has to leave the game with a sprained hand...
...Cliff Crosby continued his heavy hitting of the previous day by cracking out a triple in his one appearance at the plate as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning. HARVARD (10) ab h po a e Gannon, lf 5 1 3 0 1 Caulfield, rf 5 3 0 0 0 Kenary, cf 3 1 2 0 1 Coulson, 1b 5 2 1 1 0 Dunn, ss 3 0 1 4 3 Sullivan, 2b 3 0 0 1 0 Huntington, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 Coppinger, 3b 2 1 8 1 0 Durant...
Dolph Samborski has his work cut out for him, for the baseball mentor must fund a capable catcher to replace last year's most valuable player, "Hoss" Hamlen. At the moment Web Durant and Cliff Crosby are first in line for the post...