Word: crackings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...staffed La Stampa with crack journalists. His editorials are considered almost as authoritative as if they appeared in II Duce's Popolo...
Last month Charles R. Henschel, president of august old Knoedler & Co.. went down to J. Pierpont Morgan's imposing Manhattan library. He had just been made agent for the private sale of a very important painting and wanted to give Mr. Morgan first crack at it. Puffing a black cigar. Banker Morgan smiled...
...Leafs were overwhelming favorites to keep their present No. 1 position. Fast, heavy, durable and daring, the Maple Leafs' two most spectacular assets are Forwards Harvey Jackson and Charles Conacher, who lead the League in scoring goals. In second place were the Montreal Maroons, a clever team whose crack defenseman is Charles Conacher's older brother, Lionel. Fighting for third place last week were the Montreal Canadiens, who last summer traded their best players for younger ones who have thus far failed to justify themselves, and the New York Americans, an erratic assortment of seasoned players...
...puck left Marty Burke's stick so fast that few of the spectators in the Chicago Stadium knew what had become of it until they heard its sharp crack as Burke's teammate, Paul Thompson, stopped it. Expecting Thompson to try a difficult side shot for the goal, eight players turned sharply on their skates, churned up a white cloud of ice. But back spun the puck to Burke, who, almost as if he were practicing goal shots alone on the rink, sent it sliding past two defensemen, past Goalie Worters-and a red light flashed behind...
Milt Green should duplicate his victory of a fortnight ago in the high hurdles, but this time he will be facing a trio of crack high hurdles men who were not opposing him in the last meet. Phil Good of Bowdoin, Johnny Donovan of Dartmouth, and Fritz Pollard of Brown will be pressing the Crimson runner closely, and he may have to break the world's record which he tied in the Knights of Columbus Meet in order to hit the tape ahead of his fleet opponents...