Word: eight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Founder Russell was born at Stillwater, Minn., in 1855. He was first general superintendent of the League, started branches in 36 states, traveled 50,000 miles a year for eight years. In 1915 he auto-mobiled from Manhattan to San Francisco on what was termed a "water wagon" tour. A male quartet accompanied him on this trip. He is one of the founders of the World League against Alcoholism...
That snapping-jawed, tight-lipped fighter, that paladin in sailor's pants, Rear Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol, for eight years U. S. High Commissioner to Turkey, put a period last week to the most imposing paragraph of hard, successful work which any American has done in the Near East since the World...
...Freshman crew and the combination eight will not be able to leave for Red Top with the rest of the University rowing squad on Sunday because of quarantine, it was announced last night by the H. A. A. The quarantine has been imposed because of the fact that two men in the 1930 outfit, M. R. Brownell Jr., and A. T. Gray, have mumps. It will not be raised until Thursday of next week...
...combination eight will be detained with the Freshman squad because of the fact that probably three of its members will be recruited from the first year ranks. All these men will be chosen by Coaches Haines and Brown either today or tomorrow and will row together on the Charles until Thursday when they will follow the rest of the Harvard camp to New London...
Barbee's two victories give him an average of 887, with eight games won and one lost. The lone loss charged against the Junior twirler was the first engagement with Georgetown at Washington, when he, as relief pitcher, allowed a pinch-hitter to drive in the winning run of a 7 to 6 contest. The four-hit shutout of last week avenged this stain on his record...