Word: jim
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...support of Harry Bridges and the C.I.O. Republican victories in Pennsylvania and New Jersey brought a bugle blast of triumph from National Chairman John Hamilton; Democrats did not whoop so over a minor Tammany victory in New York City, or the expected Kentucky election of Governor Keen Johnson. Said Jim Farley: "The results are entirely satisfactory from a Democratic point of view...
Chicago was strident, corrupt, lavish, fat from war contracts in 1919 when a young hoodlum from Brooklyn slipped into Diamond Jim Colosimo's South Side underworld and muttered his name. The hoodlum, branded on one swart cheek by the razor memento of the Neapolitan Camorra, was Al Capone...
Coach Jack Carr is starting a newcomer, Jim Davidge, at right fullback in the position left vacant by Ives. Davidge will have a big job on his hands, but he was improved rapidly this year, and Carr is depending...
Howie Mendel, Lew Vorley, and Art Page make up the rest of the forward line, while Jimmy Rousmaniere and Charley d'Autremont will start with Ives at the halfbacks. Jim Doughty will be at the other fullback post and Jack Penson will guard the goal...
Dick Manegold and Bill Sharpe comprise a good pair of guards, but with the probable absence of Fisher, the tackle reserves are not up to par. Jim Aldrich, Morris Gray, and Stan Durwood, who has been shifted from center, have not had much experience. Pop Jenks and Jack Morgan will assist Barnes and Forte at the flanks, while Richardson at center is good on the defense, but is weak on passing. Extensive signal practice has been the main activity this week. New plays, mainly for five and seven-man line defenses, have been added...