Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Phil Ross pitched a bang-up game for the Deacons, allowing only four infield hits and fanning 15, but support was poor. His teammates could only collect three hits, two of them by Mary Ever, second sacker, and the Deacons boggled woefully in the field for a total of nine costly errors to give Davenport a 7 to 3 victory...
Eager to avenge Monday's poor showing, the Varsity baseball team will this afternoon be out for revenge, when Brown invades Soldiers Field at 4 o'clock...
...Office in the role of family physician to Mr. Noel Coward's jangled nerves is an astonishing one. the more so since it would appear this august body has the power of prophecy. Two months before the London reviews of Operette appeared to jangle Mr. Coward's poor nerves, Mr. Coward told me and others that he was to be sent on an official visit to the Mediterranean fleet, the dates of his departure and the dates of his return. You don't suppose Fleet Street had been around to see the Admiralty Office and told them...
Youngest of 17 children, Andy Frain- who now clears $15,000 to $25,000 a year -was born poor, never went to high school, started his ushering career as a sideline to being a helper on a department store truck. He found ushering generally inefficient, characterized by stupid or unpleasant workers who made their living on tips for showing balcony patrons to orchestra seats. From Paddy Harmon, manager of the Chicago Stadium, Andy got his first big job; was soon so successful that Chicago hoodlums demanded a cut. He beat up their emissary. Four mobsters then tried to shoot...
...Yale's turn to apply the power in the championship bracket. Harvard, handicapped by a poor start when it momentarily touched oars with Princeton, allowed Yale to win a lead of slightly more than a length...