Word: rhodes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Little is known of the strength of this year's Wesleyan team except for the fact that they defeated Rhode Island State on Saturday 10 to 7 in a bat-fest that resulted in 18 base hits, two doubles and two triples. The Wesleyan team has had two weeks of outdoor practice...
...RHODE ISLAND: The Providence County Jury refused to bring an indictment against newspaper men charged with libel by former Governor Robert L. Beeckman. One headline quoted was: "Beekman and his tool caught in open bribery with payment of $1,500 to Democrat...
...latest fleet to arrive is composed of 16 vessels and lies between Block Island, off the Rhode Island coast, and No Man's Land. It supplies New York via Long Island with about 20,000 cases weekly...
There are places for all. Two rum fleets have recently appeared off the Atlantic coast, one last week from Scotland hovering outside New Jersey, and one in the last few days from the West Indies sailing for Rhode Island. Only the boldest, hairy-chested sailors may apply to man these ships. On the smaller fry, motor-boats that steal out at the whisper of a radio, there is a place for hard, ham-fisted nondescripts who can plant a heavy blow and shoot a sawed-off shotgun. Gunmen out of work will find employment here, for close encounters are frequent...
...schedule for 1923 gives the Crimson its opening contest with Rhode Island State on Saturday, October 6. A game with Middlebury will be played on October 13, followed a week later by the Holy Cross game. The next contest of the season will be with Dartmouth on October 27. For the first time since 1919 a University football team will meet Tufts in a game which will take the place of the Florida contest held here last year. This game, which will be in the Stadium on November 3, will be preparatory for the last three games of the year...