Word: shooting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prison ballfield. They captured Guard Walter Neil on the way. At the ballyard door, Guard Neil was sent out first, then Guard Gorhanson. Before the convicts could follow, Guard Neil flung his weight against the door. Tony Brown, San Francisco thug, the convict with the "roscoe" (pistol), tried to shoot Neil's foot out of the way, but the lock clicked. The cursing convicts retired to secure the rest of their guards as hostages and hold a council...
...story is fabricated around the fabulous adventures of Barbara Frietchie, who falls in love with Captain Trumbull, a "damn Yankee." For the purposes of the plot Barbara is transformed from the elderly dame of "shoot if you must this old gray head" fame to a winsome flaxen-haired flower of the South. Needless to say, her father opposes the marriage, sah, in which opinion he is supported by all the lads and lassies of the town who vilify Barbara as traitor, overlooking the fact that among their number are many able bodies young fellows who spend their time lounging around...
Seven men will shoot for each university, and each man will have 50 shots at the clay pigeons. The five highest individual scores of each team will count in the scoring...
Captain C. P. Day ocC., and R. H. Dorr '29, are the only men from last year's team who will shoot tomorrow. Besides Captain Day and Dorr, the following men will represent the University in the shoot: H. G. Bartol '31, Francis Blake '31, A. V. Ellis '28, R. D. ielding '30, and M. M. Johnson...
Impatient, the Prince, according to his version of the affair, got hold of a revolver: " 'Where shall I shoot him,' I thought. 'Through the temple or through the heart.'" It was through the heart...