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Baseball observers thought that the most likely reason lay in the personal relations of President Veeck and Manager Hornsby. Revered by most of his underlings for his baseball knowledge and ability, his scrupulous fairness, Hornsby has never made any effort to endear himself to his employers. President Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals said that he would rather fight Jack Dempsey than have an argument with Hornsby. First Baseman Charley Grimm was appointed to replace Manager Hornsby whose $8,000 a month contract expires...
Pending the hearing of this burlesque claim Luther lives happily at home with Sis, works out for a poor white farmer, John Sprouse. John has chronic rheumatism which does not endear him to Sarah, his lusty-bodied wife. Her eyes roam to Luther's agile body in the fields, and there they stay. She tries to snare him, but he has the wit to stay away. Meanwhile John Sprouse's worthless brother Bengo debauches Sis, and, to forestall Luther's possible revenge, attacks him. Luther, broken-hearted about Sis, who can never pass for an Indian girl...
Last week's visit definitely endear this. Nevertheless, it is considered likely that the Pope's first visit in Rome will be with some such person as Prince Marco Antonio Colonna, whose family, as result of an ancient squabble, still takes turns with the Orsini at supplying a Prince Assistant to the Pontifical Throne, an honorary post which permits wearing fancy uniforms...
Pilot Hinkler's tactlessness alone would be almost enough to endear him to Editor Grey who loves nothing more than to bait the Air Ministry and infuriate the Industry, with which he occasionally enjoys keen unpopularity. Intensely patriotic (suspected of Francophobia), a firm believer in British aviation, he loathes dunderheadedness
...Thomas of Madison, Wis., did not endear himself to little boys when he said: "The traditional school year with a summer vacation of ten weeks or more is . . . a manifest absurdity in the city...