Word: sox
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...making two long words do the work of one short one. The range of his sesquipedalian verbal achievements spread from masterly Johnsonian periods on the occasion of "Remarks of Senator Ashurst on the Steamship President Grant on Saturday, October 26, 1935. Presenting to Vice President Garner a Pair of Sox to be Worn When He Has an Audience with the Emperor of Japan," to sombre views on mankind's future, viz.: "It is still an open question as to whether mankind or insects shall ultimately inherit the earth. It is my opinion that mankind ... has about...
Died. John Louis Comiskey, 53, rich, elephantine owner of the Chicago White Sox; of pneumonia; in Eagle River...
...Yale line-up two of the most noteworthy players are Outfielder Eddie Collins Jr., son of the Baseball Immortal who helped bring fame to Connie Mack's pre-War Athletics, and Pitcher Joe Wood Jr., son of famed "Smoky Joe"* who won 34 games for the Red Sox in 1912. At Colgate another Immortal's son, Pitcher George Sisler Jr., has proved he is a chip...
...Mother's Day in Chicago, Mrs. William Feller sat, proudly beaming, in a box, watching her son Bob Feller, 20-year-old star Cleveland pitcher, blast Chicago's White Sox. Pock! A White Sox batsman fouled. The ball took Mother Feller in the eye, opened a six-stitch gash...
Mathematician Albert Einstein, Musician José¹ Iturbi and erudite Baseballer Moe Berg (Phi Beta Kappa) saw their first planetarium shows to the accompaniment of Stokley's deep, well-modulated lectures. Baseballer Berg became a frequent visitor, once herded all his Boston Red Sox teammates .into the Philadelphia tabernacle of the stars...