Word: wildes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Washington, Atlanta and Cleveland aren't likely to show as much appreciation of grand opera as Baltimore has just shown. The audiences went wild. I hear that in Cleveland only the foreign born and the nouveau riche go to the opera...
...uncompromising confidence in the team which has already been quoted. Adolph, the CRIMSON mascot, jumped to his feet waving the red flag presented to him by E.A. Whitney '17, in the days when CRIMSON diamond supremacy was a national by-word, and the crowd broke forth in a wild demonstration of approval. At this moment, two spectators overwrought by tension and excitement suddenly became unconscious and were helped...
Revere Beach has opened, and once more where the white loops of the roller coasters loar and twist against the blue carloads of well be haved citizens scream like wild-cats as they approach the appalling drop. This year, nestled among the milder attractions of hot dog stands and cherry-go-rounds, there is a new side show: for a nominal sum one may throw baseballs at a wooden door surmounting a small sliding board, and if one strikes the bullseye in the center of the door it pops open, a bell rings, a young lady in a bathing suit...
With time the management will doubtless find ways to make the game more exciting. The painful situations suggested above might be remedied by moving the hours secretly from door to door; they might even be replaced occasioually by domestic animals and wild beasts, thus giving all the suspense of the lady or the tiger. As it stands, however, the sport should appeal to all, adding as it does a touch of romance to the great American pastime. Here is amusement for the world-weary...
...winners broke into the scoring column in the second frame when Barbee drew a pass and scored on Burns' hit to center field. Two more tallies, both unearned, were added to the Crimson total in the fifth. Donaghy walked and reached second when Trenchard threw wild after picking up Barbee's bunt. The bases were loaded when Wilson failed to cover first on Burns' bunt to Walker Jones, grounded to first, but Trenchard dropped the throw home, allowing Donaghy to score. Barbee crossed, the plate a minute later on Zarakov's sacrifice...