Word: duels
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Peppery little Jean Chiappe, longtime Prefect of Police, was one of the most excited men in all Paris last week. Within seven days he had challenged an enemy to a duel, staged a potent political comeback and got himself elected President of the Municipal Council of Paris, a post equivalent to mayor...
...game was a long tough battle from the start, developing into a pitching duel between Bill Lincoln of Harvard and Horton, the former striking out six, walking three, and getting touched for ten hits, the latter striking out 11, walking two, and yielding 11 hits...
...Field Marshal. The Hungarian military code of honor demanded that Soldier Gömbös give Civilian Eckhardt satisfaction, as he has already done for many another man. But Politician Gömbös, as realistic as he is vain, might be seriously compromised by a duel. For as Premier it is his uncongenial duty to enforce the Hungarian law against duelling. Gömbös asked the advice of the venerable papa of Hungarian politics. Regent Admiral Nicholas de Horthy. Thereupon he accepted the challenge but had his seconds explain to Eckhardt's seconds that...
...these political duels produced little gore last week, Hungarian connoisseurs of sabre work were edified by one duel of pure animal rage. Heavy cavalry sabres at dawn were wanted by Count Balint Szechenyi, kinsman of Hungary's Minister at London, Count Laszlo Szechenyi who is husband to Gladys Vanderbilt. Count Balint Szechenyi had heard something his wife's first husband, a Jewish businessman named Victor Stein, had said about her. Victor Stein was mad too. On the field of honor the two hurled themselves at one another three times. Stein severely battered the Count's head...
...first game, played at Providence on May 30, Bill Lincoln hitched up with Ambrose Murray in a twirling duel and emerged with a three hit shutout as his mates collected a trio of tallies on six safe blows off the Bruin hurler...