Word: tow
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thomas had put the Erin about. A black tug had taken the disabled Shamrock in tow and started back to Newport. Sir Thomas was cracking jokes. They told him that one of his guests, Miss Eugenie Whitmore of Omaha, had gone down to her cabin to cry. When she reappeared Sir Thomas cracked a couple of jokes especially for her. He insisted that the race counted and said his boat would be ready to race again next...
...abide by. They also agreed to let New York City's Irish-U. S. Police Commissioner, Edward Pierce Mulrooney, arbitrate any case decided by the committee to the dissatisfaction of the disputants, thus gave him supreme judicial power. The committee's chairman will be J. S. Tow, Acting Chinese Consul General in New York, who, not so occupied with tourists & immigrants as other consuls general, may devote much time to keeping peace among the Tongs. Signer of the pact for the Hip Sing Tong was its President, Author Eng Ying ("Eddie") Gong (TIME, June 2). When...
...weather." Next day Enterprise flew all her flags in celebration. Skipper Vanderbilt went ashore, played a few sets of tennis but came back in time to take her out for a sail after lunch. Down came the sails of the three beaten sloops, their tenders pulled close to tow them away. Polite in defeat, the crews, skippers, and syndicates of Weetamoe and Yankee felt that if Shamrock V had stayed in New London instead of coming to Newport the trials might have gone on. Shamrock had scared the committee by showing what she could do in light winds...
That the E obtained its liquor cargo at sea was obvious. As all the world knows, the ragged squadron comprising Rum Row lurks twelve miles off New York Harbor. But no one on the tug M. Moran, which towed the E, or on barge P, which was part of the tow, had seen anything untoward happen. A Federal inspector stationed on the M. Moran to see that the swill was dumped out far enough had nothing to report, but was exonerated by the harbor authorities because after the dumping he slept "as is the custom of Federal inspectors on such...
...Tow base hit-Sondheim stolen base Bassett. Double pay-Bassest to Mcgrath, Struck out-by Sondheim, 3; by MacHale, 1; by Devens, 5; Bases on ball-off Sondheim 7; off Machale, 5 hits and 3 runs in 4 1-3 innings; off Devens, 1 hit and no runs in 4 2-3 innings. Losing pitycher-MacHale Left on bases- Harvard, 10, Brown 5; Hit by pitcher- by MacHale (Sylvonen) Umpires- Kelleher and Stafford. Time of game...