Very soon after his arrival in Little Rock, Pike had joined one of the most influential organizations in town, the Little Rock Debating Society, and it was with this group that he made his debut as an orator, being invited to deliver the annual Fourth of July address the club sponsored every year.

When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.

It was his brag that he could beat everybody at anything, but especially at fighting, and he once took on the manager of his club and worked him over thoroughly with his fists.

The greatest team of this period was unquestionably the New York Yankees, bought by brewery millions and made into a ball club by men named Ed Barrow and Miller Huggins.

He walked rapidly along the buildings scanning their facades: one was a club -- that was out ; ;

Skorich was considered the logical choice after the club gave Norm Van Brocklin permission to seek the head coaching job with the Minnesota Vikings, the newest National Football League entry.

When he was unable to bring about immediate expansion, he sought to convince another National League club to move here.

Since 1949, the only National League club that got off to a hot start and made a runaway of the race was the '55 Dodger team.

The club that overcame the worst start in a comparable period to win the pennant was New York's '51 Giants, who dropped 11 of their first 13.

At the 4th tee Palmer chose to hit a one-iron when a three-wood was the proper club, so he put the ball in a bunker in front of the green.

The Unitarian clergy were an exclusive club of cultivated gentlemen -- as the term was then understood in the Back Bay -- and Parker was definitely not a gentleman, either in theology or in manners.

That you have refused to drive him into the family business or push him into a profession so you can say at the club, `` Of course David has known since he was twelve he wanted to be an engineer '' -- or a lawyer, or an editor??

The club was originally founded as a football team in 1891, with the name Buenos Aires English High School although it was obliged to change its name to Alumni Athletic Club ( the name was proposed by a former student of the English High School ) in 1901.

This was the last try to develop itself as a sports club rather than just a football team, such as Lomas, Belgrano and Quilmes had successfully done in the past, but the efforts were not enough.

Australian captain Herbie Collins was stripped of all captaincy positions down to club level, and some accused him of throwing the match.

Frederick Henry Hedge wrote of the group's nature: " There was no club in the strict sense ... only occasional meetings of like-minded men and women ".

The second Eta chapter of Phrateres, a non-exclusive, non-profit social-service club, was installed here in 1958.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

This was all done under complete secrecy during the playing season because players were all free agents in those days and they did not want their current club and especially the fans to know they were leaving to play elsewhere the next year.

An accomplished amateur magician himself, he hosted several TV specials in the mid-1970s which featured other amateur magicians, and was a respected member of the Hollywood magic community, belonging to The Magic Castle, an exclusive club for magicians.

Use of standard horror film props like swirling smoke, rubber bats, and cobwebs featured as gothic club décor from the beginning in The Batcave.

Later in 1984, while filming Breakin ', Marrow met Darlene Ortiz, who had been at the club in which the film was being shot, and the two began a relationship ; Ortiz was featured on the covers of Rhyme Pays and Power.

In 1957, rookie center Bill Russell joined the Boston Celtics, who already featured guard Bob Cousy and coach Red Auerbach, and went on to lead the club to eleven NBA titles in thirteen seasons.

During its period in the AFL, the club also used a shield logo that featured a horsehead, a lightning bolt, and the word " Chargers ".

Only the song " Lion's Share ," ended up on the Columbia soundtrack LP: it was featured for about a minute in the movie, during a video-booth murder scene in an S & M club.

The large lit sign in front of the club featured a picture of her with red lights on her breasts.

Aykroyd's musical career was initially developed in Ottawa, particularly through his regular attendances at Le Hibou, a club that featured many blues artists.

The Aqua club tour featured Howe ( whose presence was heavily promoted ), who took the stage after the fifth song.

The club and its butler are also featured in King's short story " The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands ".

The club were the first to wear long-cut shorts, an innovation at a time where football kits all featured shorts cut well above the knee.

A circular club badge was adopted in 1959 and featured a lion rampant, an old-style football and the club's motto Ready, which was shortened from Aye Ready ( meaning Always Ready in Scots ), all surrounded by the team name, Rangers Football Club.

The modern circular badge is regularly used on club merchandise and by the media ; it has never featured prominently on the club strip.

The club featured prominently in early Copa del Rey competitions.

During the early 1950s, the club featured the legendary forward line of Zarra, Panizo, Rafa Iriondo, Venancio, and Agustín Gaínza.

Monk is believed to be the pianist featured on recordings Jerry Newman made around 1941 at the club.

The two featured a show at the club that granted Prima his first national debut on " The Fleischman Hour ".

Shortly after his club was stable, he had his first movie appearance in Rhythm on the Range in 1936, which featured a performance with Bing Crosby.

In their final season in 1959, the club featured future Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro and won the NSL championship ; both the Braves and the league folded at season's end.

Spielplatz has featured in many films such as Naked … As Nature Intended ( 1961 ) starring club member Pamela Green, Nudist Memories ( 1959 ) and Confettii ( 2006 ).

The football club was one of the earliest to play in the York area, and featured in the York Football League from 1898 onwards.

* The short-lived 2003 series Keen Eddie featured a character Monty Pippin who, along with a female friend, pretended to be married in order to gain access to a swingers ' club for recreational sex.

* An episode of the BBC television programme Life on Mars featured the main characters infiltrating a swingers ' club.