Word: clocker
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...Clocker Spanielle, the CRIMSON'S sporting prognosticator, roused himself from his winter torpor and let out an anguished howl. An acute case of spring fever had caused him to miss the opening of the baseball season...
...Clocker thought a minute. "You know," he said, "I missed spring training, but then you can't go by the Grapefruit League standings, anyhow." We showed him the National League standings and he gave a grunt of satisfaction. "That's just about the way I would have figured it," he mused. "Milwaukee will win the whole thing, but not without a fight from Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and St. Louis, who will finish in that order. The second division teams should give the leaders a good deal of trouble, but won't be too much in the running. Philadelphia will take fifth...
...Clocker was surprised by the length of the track, which is five-sixteenths of a mile. But since the hounds frantically tear around the circuit twice, he didn't feel cheated...
...fellows in the rain," a friend advised, "'causes the little ones catch cold too easily." Clocker did and lost $12. "Play your favorite number and then work backward through your family's middle names," another friend advised. Poor Clocker. He dropped...
...Clocker also learned dogs who are under or over the official weight by two pounds will be scratched