Word: mikes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mice. While the cats (Hagen, Sarazen, Smith, Barnes) were away, the mice (Brady, Macfarlane, Farrell, Forrester, Diegel, 150 others) played -for the Metropolitan Golf Championship, at Roslyn, L. I. The mice finished in the order named, Mike J. Brady nibbling a 292 out of the Engineers' Club course-no mean feat, even for a cat. His last three nibbles were...
Just before the Democratic Convention reached Manhattan, a newspaper was born into the metropolitan field. It came forth in the early hours of a sultry June afternoon, and fairly won the title of an evening paper. With Governer Al Smith, William G. McAdoo and "Red Mike" Hylan all in the same town at the moment of its birth, it was perforce born under Democratic auspices. And it was christened The New York Bulletin...
...that the spell is broken it is barely possible that the crusade will extend to other jokes that have long outlived their humor. When Pat and Mike and the optimist and the pessimists beloved of last years Seniors, pass into that profound rest which their long services have earned for them. It is conceivable that after-dinner speakers will be more popular, that humorous magazines will actually be funny; and even that class smokers may, become enjoyable. At least one fondly hopes that others will fellow the lead of the Oklahoma...
...sentimental objection to calling Messieurs Washington, Clemenceau, Cohan, and the pullman porter by a common Christian name there seems to be no valid basis for the Society's efforts. No other appellation but "George" will do for the porter. He can not be expected to reply to "Pat" or "Mike", nor even "Hans" or "Fritz". He is usually too old to be called "boy" and too young to be hailed as "old man". And furthermore, he is too important a personage to be addressed by any title but one which traditionally connotes dignity and respect...
Despondency was the order of the day at the cage yesterday, with even Ground-keeper Dennis Enwright and Mike, his assistant, gloomy about the condition of the baseball field. The Boston University game on Saturday has become problematical due to the snow storm and only a decided change in the weather will make it possible. Mr. Enwright had succeeded in almost entirely preparing the Freshman and Second team fields and work had been begun on the University field, when the snow storm obliterated their work overnight...