Word: palmed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Savoyard operettas, The Mikado. This opera is the one in which NankiPoo (William Williams), son of the Mikado of Japan (John Barclay), disguises himself as a wandering minstrel to woo Yum-Yum (Lois Bennett), ward and fiancee of the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko (Fred Wright). By crossing the palm of the stately grafter, Pooh-Bah (William Gordon), whose ancestry is so proud that he was "born sneering," they avoid one tangle of legal red tape only to discover themselves enmeshed in another. Not till the exalted Mikado himself descends upon the scene does the complication resolve itself into matrimony...
...rule makers made a rule: "The catcher or the first baseman may wear a glove or mitt of any size, shape or weight. Every other player is restricted to the use of a glove or mitt weighing not over ten ounces and measuring not over 14 inches around the palm." tin the house where President McKinley died was born (20 years earlier) Devereux Milburn...
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Burns, with 32, still leads the run scorers, and Chauncey is showing the way to the hitters with 35 safe blows. Cahuncey also leads in two-baggers with five, and in home runs with three. Lord holds the palm for triples, having driven out five three-ply wallops. Jones's total of 10 sacrifice hits is still higher than those of his mates...
...entry list of 12 or 14 schools generally fills each competing class. Brockton High School was victorious last year in Class A with 24 points, while Arlington High School carried off the palm in Class B, with a score of 22 points...