Word: error
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME deserves congratulations for giving the facts of the Duck Hill lynchings simply and dispassionately. Many biased Northern journals will jump at hasty conclusions anent this lawless act, falling into the common error of generalizing from too few cases...
...blank. Some legislators assured the Governor that the bill had been finally passed. Others said it had not. Nobody seemed very sure. Sternly the Governor announced that if, after a meeting of the whole Assembly called for this week, a special session has to be called to correct an error like that, it must be held at no expense to the State...
Since the sole purpose of the Kentucky Derby is to answer the question which was disturbing Louisville last week, attempts to answer it by other means are preposterous as well as premature and probably in error. Nonetheless, last week a large portion of the U. S. press and public concentrated on doing so. Consensus of innumerable touts and tipsters who make their livelihood from just such vain speculations was that it was practically impossible for any horse at all to win the Derby. Pompoon's alleged fault was lack of stamina; his sire, Pompey, was a famed sprinter...
...half of the eighth inning, the Jayvee baseball team routed the Boston Latin nine 10 to 5 at Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon by dint of a closing rally of seven runs. Although out hit by the Boston school, 12 hits to 9, the Junior Varsity capitalized on an enemy error and six free passes on balls to win its fourth victory in six starts...
Fifth inning wildness on the part of pitcher Ed Ingalls cost the Varsity ball-men a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Holy Cross in Worcester Saturday. The Crimson hurler gave four of his nine free tickets in that session, and these passes coupled with an error and a hit gave the Crusaders all the runs they needed...