Word: parks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boston's pennant winning Red Sox open the 1947 Hub baseball season this afternoon against the washed-out Washington Senators at Fenway Park, as Manager Joe Cronin sends his ace right-hander, Cecil (Tex) Hughson, to the mound to oppose "Bobo" Newsome...
...Providence, R. I., citizens who had been run out of Roger Williams Park at 10 p.m. by the cops had a kick coming. An investigation revealed that some of the cops had been trysting for two years with local girls in the park barn-after...
...land beyond the Brooklyn Bridge, where 2,800,000 real human beings live among baby carriages, delicatessens, and streets of all-alike houses, spring was beginning to stir. Robins and forsythia blossoms appeared in Prospect Park. From Red Hook to Canarsie the sound of baseball bats flung to the pavement and the scuffing of feet skedaddling after fly balls could be heard in nearly every block. At Ebbets Field, the infield shone emerald-green for next week's opening game. Everything was in order but the Dodgers-and because of them there was little joy in Brooklyn...
Branch & Leo. The shepherd of St. Louis' wild flock was Branch Rickey the Bible quoter, who dutifully shunned the ball park on Sunday, the day the turnstiles clicked most merrily. Rickey considered himself a molder of character, and Leo became his pet reclamation project...
Fast Enough. How fast is a snail's pace? At College Park, Md., U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service conchologists (mollusk fanciers) were measuring to find out. Dr. Paul Galtsoff puts a seagoing snail inside a drum of transparent plastic. When the snail moves (either forward or backward) the drum revolves, recording the snail's motion on a sheet of smoked paper. Conchs move fastest: an average 19 feet an hour. Little oyster drills, one inch long, move only a couple of feet...