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Healey's pitching and Gannett's hitting featured the contest. Allowing only one earned run and six hits, three of which were scratch, and walking two Lions, the big hurler's control was excellent. Gannett, hitting in hard luck during the spring trip, connected safely four out of six trips to the plate and also turned in several sparkling catches...
...Scratch starters dominated the events outside of the mile, 440, and the hurdles. Fred Ulen captured the century in the fair early-season time of 10.3, while favorite Joe Donnelly snagged the furlong...
...kissing fifteen girls in as many minutes. When he was asked if he had also done his kissing on a bet, he was reported to have replied, "No, I'm thinking of taking the pennant from the Yankees this year, and I had to chalk up a few scratch singles...
...years Hines romped with children of his district at picnics of his Monongahela Club. He watched such local boys make good as Frank Costello, "King of the slot machines" and Harry ("Gyp the Blood") Horowitz, executed murderer. Once he went $15,000 bail for "Scratch" McCarthy, forger (now jailed). Hines explained that as an active political leader who regularly attended sporting events his friendship was sought "by persons in various walks of life"-but insisted he shared none of their illicit profits...
Ruled out, too, was Cunningham's record time from scratch. Reason: only two of the required three timers had clocked him over the line...