Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...predictions are generally soon forgotten by all but themselves, have been especially active this spring. During no previous winter have rosters of the big teams undergone such sweeping changes in personnel. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, fiery outfielder, has joined the Philadelphia American League club, after 22 consecutive years in a Detroit uniform; Edward Trowbridge Collins, ancient, honorable second baseman, has returned to the same Philadelphia club, after an interlude of twelve years with the Chicago Americans; Rogers Hornsby, slugger, manager of 1926 World's Champion St. Louis Nationals, has gone to the New York Nationals in trade for Frank Francis Frisch...
Hoax. During the early part of last week, the Detroit courtroom buzzed with rumors that Mr. Ford would soon appear, although the judge and the lawyers knew that he was lying in a hospital with painful injuries and that he would not testify for at least two weeks (see p. 34). Suddenly, a U. S. deputy marshal escorted a man who he thought was Mr. Ford to a front row seat, while photographers set off flashlight powders. The man laughed, admitted that he was James G. Goodrich, treasurer of Lockmoor village, double of Mr. Ford. The U. S. deputy marshal...
...Cambridge were spiked last night by a statement from Manager W. A. Magie '28. The Spring Recess at McGill does not begin until May 1, so the Canadians would not be able to leave the university until that date. Shaughnessy, however, takes his post as baseball scout for the Detroit Tigers on that date and will not be available...
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