Word: sheehan
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HARVARD B. U. Mays, 2b. 1.f., McCullough McGrath, c.f. c.f., George Nugent, s.s. r.f., Bass Wood, 1b. 1b., Judkins Samborski, 1.f. 2b., Arkin DesRoches, 3b. 3b., Sheehan or Stout Bassett, Lupien, r.f. s.s., Gumpright Batchelder or Fincke, c. c., Pickard Devens, Ticknor or MacHale, p. P., Weafer or Ljoka...
...Sheehan. To many an observer of the tangled Fox situation, Winfield R. ("Winnie") Sheehan appeared as man-of-the-hour. Vice president and general manager of Fox Film Corp., Mr. Sheehan has been the operating genius of the Fox company. Joining the Fox organization in 1914, he organized Fox Foreign Exchanges in Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, on the Continent and in South America and the Far East. He was the first cineman to concentrate on the foreign market, from which today comes 40% of the industry's revenue. He founded Fox News and Fox Educational Department...
General Manager Sheehan lives at Beverly Hills in a house of which he supervised the design and building. It has tapestry-covered walls, a sunken garden, a library ceiling imported from Spain. Three butlers serve dinner guests from gold plates and golden goblets. To summon them, Mr. Sheehan keeps on hand a dented, rusty cowbell which he jangles loudly when service is required...
...Sheehan was born in Buffalo, N. Y. in 1883. His father came from County Cork. His uncle was the late Bishop Richard A. Sheehan of Waterford & Lismore. Winnie Sheehan, at the age of 15, fought in the Spanish American War (as private, then corporal in the 202nd regment). His first job was reporting for the Buffalo Courier. Later he went to Manhattan, was police reporter for the New York Evening World. During the administration of Mayor William J. Gaynor he was secretary to the Fire Commissioner and later to the Police Commissioner. He joined Cineman Fox on Jan.1...
Together with Sales Manager James Grainger and Cortland Smith of the Will Hays office, General Manager Sheehan is now one of a committee of three who are actually conducting the Fox business. He is popular with the cinema industry, with Wall Street...