Word: platee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After a long session devoted to the batsmen, Coach Mitchell picked two teams for the fielding session. Team A with Captain C. L. Todd, Jr. 26, in left field, showed a fair sprinkling of veterans. H. L. DeRham '27, behind the plate, and W. P. Ellison '27, in right field, are both lettermen of the 1925 team, while the remainder of the nine all have had experience on the University squad, Seconds or on Freshman teams...
Another instance was the reopening last week of hearings on the proposed Nickel Plate merger, after a recess of only a month. It had been hoped that a speedy conclusion might be reached, and a compromise made between the Van Sweringens and the minority stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio. Instead the minority stockholders promptly renewed their opposition with the new hearing. The most optimistic estimate now made for the final decision for or against the merger is that the Commission will make up its mind...
Others regarded the Watsonian version of the President's sentiments as simply a warning to speed up mergers now under consideration, notably the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate...
...deliberations of the I. C. C. in the Nickel Plate and other cases, as well as the slow progress made in the rail valuations, have afforded a quite legitimate excuse to railroad heads for not accomplishing more mergers in recent months...
path of the others. The new gun has a vertical range of 15,000 feet, and a horizontal range of 27,000 ft. Its flaming "tracer shots" will serve the added purpose of setting fire to enemy aircraft. Its projectiles will pierce armor plate one inch thick at 12,000 feet. Each weighs about a quarter of a pound...