Word: lost
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...seized. Acting on the contents of this book, District Attorney Monaghan summoned 23 policemen to his office. They were Capt. Charles Cohen of the 20th & Berks Streets Station, seven sergeants, three detectives, twelve patrol men. For hours Mr. Monaghan was a menacing interlocutor; it was then that he lost sleep. Several of the catechized broke down, one wept convulsively. All were arrested on bribery and extortion charges. Toward midnight they lined up in the City Hall corridors. They marched to jail, ironically led by Capt. Cohen. Amid the boos of jailbirds, the catcalls of more obvious and unashamed criminals, they...
...Prime Minister, who lost the election of 1923 on the "Safeguarding" issue remained deaf to all such pleas, although he himself is in the steel business, and only said...
Vincent Richards, famed professional tennis player, in the finals of the U. S. Professional Championship, beat Karel Kozeluh, probably the greatest tennis player in the world, who has not lost a match for eight years. The score was 8-6, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Kozeluh took his shoes off after the second set and played in his stocking feet...
...splendid and enormous University of Chicago employs Coach Alonzo Stagg to improve its football team. Coach Stagg, by putting in his best men, managed to keep the University of South Carolina down to one touchdown; since his own men did not score, they lost the game, 6-0. Then they lost a second game to Ripon College (Ripon...
...Navy played Davis-Elkins and lost its first game by a touchback, 0-2. "Pugh," shouted the supporters of Davis-Elkins after the game was over. They were not being rude to the young disappointed sailors but acclaiming the tough centre on their sturdy line...