Word: mickey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...George Hausmann and two other New York Giants. (Hausmann's wife, who had wondered where they would live in overcrowded Manhattan, was encouraged by Pasquel's promise of housing in Mexico.) Next day Pasquel proudly announced that he had signed the Brooklyn Dodgers' No. 1 catcher, Mickey Owen, for "enough in five years to retire on." One of the Pasquel boys rushed to San Antonio to make sure that they had Mickey. He flashed a big diamond ring in Mrs. Owen's face, said "This is for you at the end of the season...
...Mickey Walker, welterweight-&-mid-dleweight -champion -turned-easel-painter, tried his luck as a Broadway actor. The show, Walk Hard, hit the canvas after seven performances. But critics found Walker "believable," applauded his "naturalness." His role: a prizefighter...
Lights out since last June flashed last week in Cambridge. From Mass Avenue to Mem Drive, from Mike's Club to Harry's Arcade Spa, the news was spreading. Pinball is back! Despite Mickey Sullivan's staunchest efforts for the opposition, the game of the flashing lights and tinkling bells is legal again. The State Supreme Court has said so. And, immoral or not, pinball is here to stay...
...Justice James J. Ronan declared the city's ordinance of restriction to be unconstitutional. With the return of the original ten dollar fine to test case Sidney Wolbarst--proprietor of the Turnpike Bowaldrome--all became quiet on the pinball front for the first time since March 1945. Even Mighty Mickey is speechless...
Then, since all crimes must have punishments to fit, the honorable Mickey enlisted the services of the local police department to enforce the city council ordinance. After a long huddle with Chief Timothy Leahy, a ten dollar fine was hit upon as the best way to check the pinball owners...