Word: johnsons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...caracoling or sedately marching 20, there was one that the knowing jostlers chiefly desired to ogle-Quatrain, winner of the New Orleans Handicap and the Louisiana Derby, favored in the odds at 2 to 1. He was liked, not because he had been personally trained by his owner, Frederick Johnson, Manhattan turfman, but because Earl Sande, famed jockey, winner of the 1923 Derby on Zev, had offered Jockey Bruening $2,000 and 10% of the winnings for the privilege of riding him, and Bruening had refused. A. A. Kaiser's Captain Hal, who had turned in the best trial...
...Chicago Symphony, conducted his own Symphonic Variations-a sound, scholarly piece of uninspired craftsmanship. Florence Austral, Australian soprano who has sung Wagnerian rôles in London, resoundingly delivered Brahms' Requiem. On the fourth day, Pierné's St. Francis of Assis furnished Tenor Edward Johnson an opportunity to demonstrate that an intelligent singer can make even inherently poor music impressive. The school children sang their difficult music with precision...
...contest, which had just finished, to see Barbee turn back the first two men who appeared in this inning and then send the third to first base on balls. The next man up got a single followed by a double from the bat of Phillips, accounting for two scores. Johnson, the next Purple man, got a single letting in Phillips but was thrown out himself at second on the next play...
...Kelley, Reading Exeter 160 22 5.11 1/2 2. R. W. Ladd, Milton Milton 180 21 6.3 3. G. Platt, New York, N. Y. St. Mark's 180 19 6. 4. C. F. Darlington, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. St. Mark's 180 20 6.3 1/2 5. G. R. Johnson, Chicago, Ill. Chicago Latin 185 21 6.4 6. J. P. Hubhard, Milton Milton 180 21 6.2 7. K. Leavitt, Hartsdale, N. Y. Milton 176 21 6.3 S. R. Winthrop, Boston St. Mark's 183 21 6.2 1/2 C. C. S. Heard, Brookline Tabor Academy 116 21 5.7 CORNELL UNIVERSITY CREW Pos. Name...
...Manager Harris of the Senators (Washington, D. C., American League baseball team) handed a ball to the President, who pegged it, short and sure, to Walter Johnson. Thirty-two thousand fans applauded. The Washington season opened. Score: Washington 10, New York 1. ¶The President appeared and spoke through the DeForest Phono-film (see "SCIENCE). ¶Accompanied by Editor Col. George Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge went to a musical review at Poli...