Word: davises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The Crimson opened the first inning as if it were going to send Navy starter Chuck Davis to the showers right away. Actually, Davis brought most of the misery upon himself. Walks to Mike Drummey and Dick Shima, a bunt single by Dave Morse, and an errant pitch that hit...
But Davis, who gave up five hits in winning his fifth game of the season, was equal to the threat. He struck out Charlie Ravenel and got Billy Rodgers and Jim Mullen to hit into force-outs, ending the inning.
The Watchman, by Davis Grubb. A new horror story by the writer who darkened The Night of the Hunter.
At 35 Davis married a wealthy Chicago socialite named Cecil Clark, an "advanced" woman who preferred raising dogs to raising children. Before the wedding she informed him that the marriage would be platonic. He agreed. Thirteen years later, after his mother died, he found the strength to get a divorce...
Shortly after the first marriage a critic wrote: "His work does not change nor grow old. [But] the perennial charm and youthfulness of his stories appear a little unnatural now . . . Will Mr. Davis always remain twenty-three?" He did not. At 51, R.H.D. began to have attacks of angina pectoris...