Word: game
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...playing in the majors, Luke Appling came up to the White Sox in 1930, and has been with them ever since (except for 1944 and most of 1945 when he was in the Army). Last week in a series with the Senators at Washington, he played his 2,154th game as a major-league shortstop, breaking the record previously held by the National League's Walter ("Rabbit") Maranville...
...slip of paper, in lieu of a bonus check for an" unnamed amount which the management promised to pay him later. Luke celebrated the occasion by rapping out two hits in four times at bat and handling his three chances in the field perfectly. The White Sox won the game...
While not slighting the legal National Lottery (government percentage: 19%) and the well-taxed (15%) wagers on the jai alai games at the vast downtown Frontón, citizens of Mexico City not tony enough for brincos find plenty of ways to risk their money. Some go to the cockfights at the Posada de los Cuatro Caminos, just outside the Federal District limits, where pesos change hands with every spur-thrust. Thousands play la bolita, an illegal policy game paying off 80 t01 on the last two numbers of the regular winning National Lottery ticket. In the bullfight fans...
...moral quality that characterizes the tactical spirit of our football is high and inspired with a collective feeling of the game. Almost every one of our players, without hesitating, would pass the ball to his partner if that one had a slightly greater chance to make a goal. This is done, not only because of game discipline, but with a sense of internal satisfaction...
...soccer-type game without much bodily contact...