Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After graduating from law school he filed for county attorney, then discovered that he had tuberculosis in one lung. He spent four months in a sanitarium, but did not quit the race. By the time he took office in 1930, he was fully recovered...
Most of the fawdeeraw was over in the National League, where eight clubs got set to make a race out of it, and at least six had a fighting chance. The favored St. Louis Cardinals had balance but few reserves. Cincinnati had its thin man Ewell Blackwell, the league's best pitcher. If the fence-busting New York Giants had two more good pitchers, they could take World Series orders this week. But the club other managers worried most about was the Boston Braves, which has a new doubleplay combination (Rookie Alvin Dark and Oldster Eddie Stanky...
...better. His 20.7 time in the 220 was a new track record. But Patton, ex-G.L, father of one child and the big U.S. hope for the Olympics, barely heard the announcement. He was behind a stack of sawdust bags being sick, as he is after every race. "It's a damn hard day's work," he said...
...over-confidence is the reason, Tom Bolles has no part of it. In fact, most of those officially concerned with the proceedings expect a close race over the mile-and-three-quarters course...
...Jayvees will also be unveiled to tomorrow, in a preliminary race against the second boats of the same three opponents...