[…] in several instances there was another and quite a different red in the gown, which “swore” at its relative on the parasol.

Batters will often sit dead-red when there is a fastball count.

A queer look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself.

The plucky backbencher began his life in hockey as a player, breaking into the professional game with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Portland Rosebuds in 1916– 17, but turned amateur again the following season.