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After refreshments of tea, cucumber sandwiches and strawberries. South took the field for its times at bat. The first half of the SoHo order proved ineffective against Lowell bowlers Brendt and Bruce Wader. However, the latter half of the order, anchored by the Caribbean connection of Bird and Marcus Clarkus, proved more effective. Behind the batting of Bird, with 21 runs, and Clarkus, with 24 runs, South eventually went ahead for the victory and a 2-1 lead in the series...
Before plovers' eggs were put in a class with egret they, could be eaten (in season) at any smart London restaurant for the genteel price of one guinea ($5.10) per egg. "Plover" in restaurant parlance is a handy name for almost any "wader," vaguely similar to a snipe or sandpiper. The species most common in England (and the U. S.) is the ringed plover, "Billdeer." Crocodiles like plovers, not to eat but because the birds pick leeches and other parasites from saurian mouths. Also a sleepy crocodile knows that with a few plovers about it is safe to doze...
Arthur Potter is a wader, diver, gambler. He earns his living wading and diving for golf balls that inefficient golfers plop into water hazards at the Marine & Field Club, Brooklyn. He picks up dollars from unsuspecting golfers passing by, by suggesting that he can drive a certain narrow green nearly 300 yards away. Unsuspecting golfers doubt it. "Betcha," says Gambler Potter. "Betcha," answer unsuspecting, greedy golfers. Potter drives the green...
Lost.-About a week ago an open faced gold watch, stem-wader, gutta percha chain attached. Please return to W. T. Gray, 4 Holyoke street...
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