Word: slots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pendergast & Co. kicked out Onie Higgins (he later went to prison) and put Onie's diplomatic doorman behind Higgins' desk. Boyle was told to "clean up the town and keep it clean." Police Director Boyle followed his orders enthusiastically. In person, he raided gambling houses, broke up slot machines, closed up the red-light district, shut down saloons, and even tossed some of his old acquaintances into jail...
While the jayvees were running Columbia T-formation plays against the defensive squads, the first-string offensive unit was also scrimmaging. Jerry Blitz, who has been on the third and fourth backfields since the beginning of the season, ran at the first-string fullback slot and several times broke away for long gains...
...year's bench and will move up to the first string left inside, with Pete Baker, another of last year's substitute lettermen, fighting it out with sophomore Johnny Beer for the right inside position. Juan Rodriguez, another sophomore, will probably alternate with Ed Seaga in the center forward slot. Win Knowlton, captain of the '53 Yardling team, who didn't come out last year, looks promising at right wing...
...Stoughton men were annoyed last week when newspapers said they hit the phone with a baseball bat--'It was always a brick." After the spinproof chute was installed "one forehanded genius was practicing spinning nickels into the quarter slot in preparation for a call to his home in Texas...
Fellow Felons. In Newport, R.I., after Mrs. Frances Cambra complained that a thug had snatched her purse while she was playing the slot machine at a club, cops seized the machine, then went looking for the two-armed bandit...