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(Encyclopedia) Stuart or Stewart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, known as Cardinal York, 1725–1807, claimant to the British throne, b. Rome. Second son of James Francis Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender), he was the...
(Encyclopedia) Maris, Roger Eugene mărˈĭs [key], 1934–85, American baseball player, b. Hibbing, Minn. He played (1957–59) for Cleveland and the Kansas City Athletics before joining (1960) the New York Yankees...
(Encyclopedia) East Point, city (2020 pop. 34,879),
Fulton co., NW Ga., an industrial suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1887. Textiles,
machinery, chemicals, and paper are among...
(Encyclopedia) Black Sox scandal, episode in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox, the American League champions, were banned from baseball in 1921 for having conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World ...
(Encyclopedia) Huggins, Miller James, 1878–1929, American baseball player and manager, b. Cincinnati. The diminutive “Mighty Mite” was a scrappy second baseman for the Cincinnati Reds (1904–9) and St. Louis ...
(Encyclopedia) Mahlon māˈlən [key], in the Bible, Ruth's husband.
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(Encyclopedia) Chilion kĭlˈyŏn [key], in the Bible, Ruth's brother-in-law.
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(Encyclopedia) Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74), and the gr...
(Encyclopedia) Orpah ôrˈpə [key], in the Bible, sister-in-law of Ruth.
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(Encyclopedia) Naomi nāōˈmē, –mī, nāˈō– [key], in the Bible, Ruth's mother-in-law.
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