Word: plates
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hunt was on in Chicago last week for a frying-pan that would sound A flat, a soup plate that would give G sharp, a tea cup in B. Four erratic-looking men went from one Loop store to another, producing pitch-pipes, whacking on merchandise with wooden spoons. Clerks tried to interest them in bargains. Customers tittered and asked bewildered floorwalkers what it was all about. But the four strange shoppers went on about their business. They were assembling a kitchen orchestra for part of the thank-you concert that the Chicago Symphony was giving the patrons...
Despite the pre-game announcement that Coach Mitchell had replaced Woodruff by Mike Hovenanian for the Princeton game on the holiday, Woody was sent in and succeeded in collecting two hits out of four trips to the plate. Official releases say that Mitchell still intends to use Mike today but in view of Woodruff's work at bat, he may change his mind and keep the original lineup intact...
Playing an airtight game, the Freshman Baseball nine walloped the St. Mark's team 26-2 at Southborough on Wednesday. With a batting streak which lasted throughout the whole nine innings, the 1937 huriers managed to drive at least one run across the plate in eight of the nine innings. The St. Mark's nine, playing their first game of the season, lagged far behind their opponents. Their fielding was sloppy and nine errors were made by the infield players whereas the Freshman squad played an errorless game. Tommy Bilodeau, who pitched in the game with Milton Academy on Monday...
Umpire Kelleher, behind the plate last Saturday, had a real mouthful when be announced Hovenanian batting place of Braggiotti. And the little fellow, who looks even smaller in a baseball suit than a hockey uniform, lest about two more feet when he ducked for one of Blanche's fast ones...
...brothers, though they defaulted recently on their maturing obligations to the House of Morgan, nevertheless enjoy the unique status of a going concern. Their maze of holding companies are based on paying properties such as the Chesapeake and Ohio and Nickel Plate Railroads, to name only the most promising. Whatever the merits of the case may be, it will be unfortunate in the extreme if the entire structure should be jeopardized by the forthcoming investigation since it can be anticipated that many thousands of innocent investors throughout the U. S. will suffer directly or indirectly. At any rate, if nothing...