Word: started
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Weighing 216 pounds, George Herman Ruth, 35, joined the Yankee training camp at St. Petersburg, Fla., to start his fourteenth year in pro baseball. Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn pitcher, held out for a new contract at $20,000 a year, insisted on a clause that would allow him to play golf for one day after each game he pitched. "I lose," he said, "about twelve pounds in every game...
...even brilliant at times, against the University of Maine team last Friday, and against Northeastern Wednesday, the first string men made a good showing. The first half was not a true indication of the team's strength, inasmuch as, with the exception of Captain J. N. Barbee '28, the starting lineup consisted of second team material. Neither A. W. Slocum '28 nor H. T. Wenner '30, the two regular forwards, will be able to start because of injuries, although the former wil make the trip...
...train for New Haven at 1.05 o'clock this afternoon, prepared to-give their opponents a strong fight, even though it is greatly handicapped by injuries. The two fresman teams will play at 7.30 o'clock as a preliminary, and the final contest betwen the University teams will probably start about an hour later...
...University meet is scheduled to begin at 4 o'clock in Hemenway Gymnasium, while the Freshman contest with Choate will start at 3 o'clock as a preliminary to the University clash...
Candidates for the University team will report at 2 o'clock, and will start indoor practice at once under the direction of Coach F. G. Mitchell, who has been overseeing the work of the battery candidates for the past week...