Word: sturgeon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will be the big arm of "little train" Robbie Sturgeon on which the fate of the high-flying Plympton Street pulverizers will rest. The train is expected to be in top shape for the contest after a seven-month layoff. He is, of course, undefeated in league competition...
...clock is the official starting time for the game, according to well-informed authorities reached late this afternoon, but the colorful parade of the contestants is expected to precede the athletic event, oldest consecutive struggle in the Western Hemisphere. The Lineups CRIME LAMPY Sturgeon, p. s.s., Zwoncus, O. J. Loveit, 2b. c., Zwoncus, O. K. Crooner, 1b. 1b., Zwoncus, O. L. Golly, l.f. 2b., Zwoncus, O. M. Loose, e. 3b., Zwoncus, O. N. Bunhum, r.f. c.f., Zwoncus, O. O. Walk, s.s. p., Zwoncus, O. P. Trobie., 3b. l.f., Zwoncus, O. Q. Chainless, c.f. r.f., Zwoncus, O. R. Thresk...
...West Street, Alexander Thiel did not seem too unhappy. After twelve years of silence, he was able, at last, to talk about his fabulous coups. Occasionally, adjusting his black-ribboned glasses, he offered fascinated FBI agents his expert and detailed advice on the cooking and serving of sturgeon...
Last week a battered old hulk was towed into Sturgeon Bay, Wis., to the din of saluting tugboat whistles and cheering throngs along the shore. The ugly hulk was the 600-ft. ore freighter George M. Humphrey, rusty red from 15 months under water. Her pilothouse had been crushed and her funnel twisted by the winter ice; the ripping current had torn off layers of paint, left her rail in tatters and smashed in the bulkheads. But to all of Sturgeon Bay (pop. 5,439) and especially to stocky, blue-eyed Captain John Roen, she was as worthy...
Besides his salvage business, Captain John Roen owns the Roen Steamship Co. and its six ships (tugs and barges). He also owns half the stock and is president of the Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., which is now building $10,000,000 worth of retrievers and refrigerator ships a year for the Army & Navy. Salvaging grosses Roen $500,000 a year...