Word: handedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vast red hat, symbol of Cardinals, was bestowed on Mgr. Schuster three days later in public consistory. As the Pope bestowed the hat, he pronounced Mgr. Schuster "elevated to the splendor of the Roman purple." The new Cardinal kissed the papal slipper, hand, cheek. He was in turn embraced by the 25 assembled Cardinals, who touched his cheeks with theirs...
...BIRD IN HAND-Playwright John Drinkwater forgets Lincoln and Lee to write picturesque comedy in an English inn (TIME, April...
...Daniel Prenn stopping in the middle of his match with Francis T. Hunter to chase away an annoying yellow butterfly. . . . Hunter gleefully flinging his racket across the courts after he took the final game from Dr. Prenn. . . . Hans Moldenhauer politely catching William Tatem Tilden's serve in his hand after an erring referee had called "out" to the previous Tilden service. . . . Patriotic Germans groaning loudly while Doubles-Partners Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn raced through three sets after dropping the first to the Moldenhauer-Prenn combination. . . . Bathers in a nearby lake wondering what the groaning was all about...
Batters. The hitters have been thoroughly enjoying themselves. Last weekend "Babe" Herman of Brooklyn was leading both leagues with an average of .404. Batter Herman's record is all the more remarkable in that he is practically a one-handed hitter. Just before bat touches ball he takes his right hand off the handle and is swinging only with his left arm at the moment of contact...
...income (with eight months of Trumbull) was $4,642,000. The first six months of 1929 showed net profit of $6,140,435, almost four times the net for the first half of 1928. Able President McCleary is planning to spend $10,000,000 in plant improvements, has on hand unfilled orders for 356,845 tons of steel...