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...batted well. He made an enemy, Bill Hinchman, Pittsburgher, and came near fighting with him every time he saw him; he made many friends, some of them newspapermen who spread his name across their pages. In 1925 the Cardinals were doing badly; early in June Manager "Sunday School" Branch Rickey was ousted, Hornsby was made manager. Except that his face and hands were cleaner, he still looked much the same as he did when he played in Hugo-wiry and compact, jutting jaw, small eyes, his upper lip too short to cover his strong, uneven front teeth. The New York...
...nasty trick of war, a "big Wop from Peoria," Tony Rickey, became the hero of this story. In boyhood, he was a bootblack. In youth, he founded the National Bug-Killer Co., which rented to thousands of farmers, by mail, a machine guaranteed to kill each & every insect or worm. The machine consisted of two blocks of wood-"you put the bug you wanted to kill on one block and squashed him with the other." Rental $2. Tony disappeared when the Postoffice got inquisitive, and left Deacon Miscombe holding the bag. In War, Aviator Tony annoyed a German sausage balloon...
Hollis Hall--1 to 3, Corydon and Phyllis; 4, Gin Rickey; 5, Addington Train; 6, Lady Diana Manners; 7, Ferdinand of Coburg; 8, Monsieur Nom de Plume; 17 to 28, Mellie Dunham's Fiddlers; 29, Douglas Brown; 30, Sparafucili; 31, Abious; 32, Charles Lamb...
...both sexes, movies after midnight, staterooms for spending the night and a miniature reproduction of the Statue of Liberty are provided. With the exception of the ballroom and the Statue of Liberty, the use of everything costs extra. The prices for drinks include: Scotch highball, $1 Dry gin rickey, $1.50 Silver fizz, $1.50 Holland gin drinks, $2 Sloe gin buck, $2 Champagne, $15 a qt. Sparkling Burgundy, $20 a qt. Rye highball, $2 Mint julep...
...varmint expression, and his name is Barberryhill Bootlegger. He is the property of Bayard Warren and was born in the Barbary Hills Kennels, Pride Crossing, Mass., on Dec. 21, 1920. His mother was Western Wistful, a lady of great distinction and considerable social prominence. His father was Barberryhill Gin Rickey, an alcoholic champion whose son inherits his liberal ideas, as you can see by the name...