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August 31, 1930

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40,000 SEE GIANTS TURN BACK ROBINS; Triumph, 7 to 4, With Mitchell Holding Losers, to Break Even in Four-Game Series. TERRY COLLECTS FIVE HITS McGrawmen Pound Three Hurlers for Seventeen Safetiesat Polo Grounds. Robin Pitchers Pounded. Robins' Turn to Complain. 40,000 SEE GIANTS TURN BACK ROBINS Terry Ends Hitting Slump.

By John Drebinger

Bent upon carrying their war of extermination to the bitter end, the Giants and Robins concluded their four-game series at the Polo Grounds yesterday by bringing the matter to an equal but thoroughly unprofitable division of the spoils.

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UNCERTAIN TRUMPETS.

By Unknown Author

The more Mrs. MCCORMICK'S recantation on prohibition is studied, the more significant it appears. It is not merely a personal matter. To be sure, Mrs. McCORMICK'S change of attitude was frankly on the ground of political expediency, and does not leave her in a very heroic position.

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1930Big Tiny Little, American pianist (died 2010)[โ€ ]

Dudley "Big Tiny" Little, Jr. was an American musician who appeared on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1959. His primary instrument was the piano.