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Eugene Elsenman '27, playing for the class of 1929, and W. J. Buck '23 poled homers to swell their team's totals, Buck getting his clout with two men on base. The Juniors scored a triple play on the losers in the fourth when E. L. Markella '29 fled out to center field. E. R. Todd '29 was nipped off at home plate, while Richard Warren '29 was caught off first base...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIOR, 1929 TEAMS OPEN CLASS BASEBALL SEASON | 4/27/1927 | See Source »

...they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all! They seeked him down in Mexico, they cussed him in the press; They seeked him 'round the Capitol, an' everywhere I guess But all they ever found of him was whiskers, hair and clout- An' the Bolsheviks I'll get you ef you don't watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Oratory, Etc. | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

...Coach Mitchell's squad has hit more than one circuit clout this spring. DeRham has now joined the select club of home run hitters, formerly including among its members only Burns, Sullivan, and Zarakov...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BATTING AVERAGE DROPS IN SPITE OF TWO VICTORIES | 6/4/1926 | See Source »

...Crimson scoring began in the seventh when Ford singled with two men on base, both of whom scored, tying up the game. In the next inning. Chauncey got three bases on a long clout and scored on Nordberg's single. A moment later, Captain Jones added three more runs with a long four-ply hit. Jones, Linscott, and Chauncey, with two hits apiece, were the most effective of the Freshmen on the offense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN AND SECOND TEAMS DOWN EXETER AND WENTWORTH | 5/11/1925 | See Source »

...Nestos of North Dakota. "When he sits on a chair he obliterates it; he throws back his great shoulders, spreads his elbows and knees, settles and solidifies as if he were a statue in the park. He looks like Henry Ward Beecher with a touch of Barnum and a clout or two of John L. Sullivan. He is Paul Whiteman with a Babe Ruth punch. He is an American viking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW BOOK: Gubernatorial Spoon River* | 10/13/1924 | See Source »

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