Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...League contesis last season to rank sixth in the circuit. Reine Grondahl, the team's "money hitter," led the League in runs batted in last year. Jojo Soltz is almost as vicious a hitter as Lupien. Batting left handed, Gannett is a good "waiter." He had tough luck on the trip, connecting safely only four times out of 17 trips to the plate. Two or three times, safe landing of his smoky liners might have meant the ball game to Harvard, but each time they were hit directly at the fielders...
...Alois went to Dublin, got a job as a waiter, married an Irish girl named Bridget Elizabeth Dowling, had a son, two years later deserted wife and child to go back to Germany. Willie grew up to be a good-looking lad with a slight brogue and not much luck. His worst luck, he said last week, was his name...
...might have fainted, but his teammates grabbed him, hoisted him to their shoulders, marched him triumphantly around the hall. "I don't know how I did it," he kept saying. "I never did it before, and I probably never will again. Blame it on luck." Then, back on his feet again, he rolled out his singles turn with 173-166 for a 639, 75 pins behind the leader, scarcely worth marking...
Skip Stahley, expressing optimism in spite of his squad's luck of outdoor practice, has chosen a tentative lineup, which includes George Hanford at goal; Ralph Livingston, point; Ben Wilcox, coverpoint; Norm Blotner, first defense; Jim Doughty, second defense, Jess Willard, center; Pete Zouck, second attack; Doug Anderson, first attack; Hank Ricckeu, out home; and Captain Phil Hammond at in home...
...full-blooded Tarascan Indian who once wore a red bead in his ear for good luck, General Amaro as War Minister for former President Plutarco Calles created Mexico's modern army. He has never cut much ice as a politician, but last week when he tossed his sombrero into Mexico's Presidential ring (to succeed Lazaro Cardenas next year) with a forthright denunciation of the present expropriation policy, he created a sensation...