Word: drew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Seven collegiate polo teams will meet tonight in the first round of the Intercollegiates in New York. Coach Sargent's malletmen drew a bye in the first round and will not enter the competition until the second round matches on Wednesday...
Strength already flowed back to him as he watched his Martini being mixed. The bartender slid the glass towards him, then drew it back and whistled between his teeth. "Say, you're a student, ain't you?" The question upset the proctor. He thought of the pile of unread books on his desk and nodded. "Too bad, too bad," the bartender commented sadly. "We can't serve drinks to students. Company rules, you know...
...return to Spain. Stories of dire reprisals awaiting them in Spain have reached the refugee camps by grapevine. Typical of how news travels among the refugees was the method adopted by a recent fugitive from Catalonia. Forbidden by French authorities to make a speech in the camp, he drew a map of Spain in the sand. Inside the outline he sketched a firing squad pointing their rifles at a group of civilians. No refugee misunderstood the man's meaning...
...times. In one fracas with the Maroons six years ago he got his nose, jaw and four ribs broken, a twisted knee, two shiners. It was by accident that he upset Toronto's "Ace" Bailey in 1933, fracturing his skull, but his reputation was against him. He drew a 46-day suspension, spent most of it gloomily in Bermuda, praying in his own fashion for "Ace" to live...
...kept in charge, typified the crusading Scripps editor of the 19203, when the Scripps newspapers from coast to coast were dedicated to cleaning up corruption. Then one day Magee was knocked down and booted about a hotel lobby by a judge whom he had accused of corruption. Magee drew a revolver, boggled his aim, killed a boy who was trying to help...