Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chicago Blackhawks. A rejuvenated team, full of smart recruits, they have skated circles around most of their opponents to press Boston for leadership in the American group.
Pittsburgh Pirates. Veterans in mustard plaster sweaters, they found the new rules to their liking, recently came from behind to score ten goals against Toronto in one of the weirdest games ever played, then relapsed into the League cellar.
Ottawa Senators. A team with a bad reputation for defensive tactics which will not get by under the new rules, the Senators revised their style to start off at the head of the International Group.
In Manhattan the club owners of the American and National Leagues held their annual meeting with Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis in the chair. In many hours of the sort of conferential argument known as bag-punching they discussed a point or two.
New Balls. President John Heydler of the National League said that home-runs in his league dropped off 45% when umpires roughened the dead white, glossy balls with dirt. He suggested that if manufacturers left the leather covers unfinished instead of polishing them, pitchers would be able to handle the...