Word: leading
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Toulmin, in the box for the home team, was less spectacular but fully as effective as his rival. He took advantage of his early lead and did not extend himself except when necessary. The Pine Tree staters made only four hits, one more than the Crimson, and nine of the visitors were retired on strikes. All three Bowdoin runs were earned, however, by heavy hitting. A home run to the lacrosse field by left fielder Williams in the fourth chalked up one score. Two more came across in the fifth on a sharp single to right by right fielder Daggett...
...soft haze of romance that hangs over Monte Carlo, periodically-shattered by the moneyed persistence of stray American millionaires, may presently be brushed aside with the bourgeoise tricolor of France. This step is not prophesied for tomorrow, of course, but if Monaco follows the lead of several other microscopic principalities which have lately given up their independence, it will not be many years until the famous casino is nothing more than a grand old memory, and until the chants of the crouplers are embalmed in the of the cropiers are embalmed in the folk lore of the countryside...
...second book, "Eugene Scribe and and the French Theatre," by Neil C Arvin G'17, Professor of French at the University of California, will be released for sale within a very few days. This is the first English critique of a writer who held the lead among French playwrights from 1815 to 1860, during which time over 400 plays issued from his pen. Practically every innovation, every reform, every novelty found in the French drama of the century originated with Scribe. For readers of today, his chief importance lies in the fact he was a social sympton, and that...
...determining and transmitting the vote of their states to the teller, and will be important factors during the balloting, especially in some of the western states where the state delegations will be small and easily influenced. The campaign committees will also be able to use the state chairmen to lead the fight for their candidates...
...fourth straight win for the schoolboys and Follett, the twirler who is credited with three of these, will be out for his fourth today. Cooley, the shortstop who sewed up the 1927 game with his home run in the ninth frame with two men on bases, will lead off again and McGill, who has been hitting for the highest average on the Worcester team, will be in the clean-up position...