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.

In 1984 financial matters came to a head and the club went into administration, to be reformed as Charlton Athletic ( 1984 ) Ltd.

The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United.

Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1909 ( reformed in 1993 ).

The Dwarves reformed in 1997, releasing The Dwarves Are Young and Good Looking ( described by Adam Bregman of Allmusic as " the beginning of a new Dwarves ... one that plays real songs, had a set list, and left the club unbloodied "), and its 2000 followup The Dwarves Come Clean.

The club was reformed in 1892 and a lease on a piece of land called Drum Park was secured.

After the war the club reformed as Workington Golf Club and moved to the present Hunday location.

* 6 August — formation of the original Kent County Cricket Club in Canterbury ( it will be reformed as the present club in 1859 ).

The club reformed in 1840 as the 2nd Trinity Boat Club, but was often described as Reading Trinity and nicknamed the Hallelujahs, in reflection of its membership.

Most recently reformed in 1989, the club is a continuation of the Newport County club founded 1912 and were founder members of the Football League's new Third Division in 1920.

The club were reformed in 1919 and were first elected to the Football League in 1920.

On the resumption of national league football after the war, the club reformed but did not fare so well as a re-shaped team suffered a host of defeats – including a joint Football League record 13 – 0 defeat at Newcastle United.

In June that year, the club was reformed and elected to the Hellenic League ( four divisions below the Football League ).

In the 2001 – 02 season the team managed by Tim Harris reached the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time since the club was reformed, drawing Second Division side Blackpool.

In November 1912, the club reformed as Barry AFC ( the ' Town ' suffix was added in 1931 ), secured a lease on land owned by the Jenner family ( which became known as Jenner Park ) and joined the Southern League.

which was reformed in 2011 and also has a rugby club, Skegness RUFC, and is home to Skegness Cricket Club.

Bridgend Athletic RFC was reformed in 1972, after the Bridgend Youth team members in that year wanted to form a senior team so they didn't have to go their separate ways into senior rugby, hence the formation of the club which had previously existed up to 1939.

This was achieved before the start of the 2009 – 10 season as AFC Darwen, but the reformed club had to start at Step 7 ( Level 11 ) of the football pyramid and apply for admission to the West Lancashire League, which was granted and they entered straight in at the Premier Division.

Selene, finding herself the sole remaining member of the Inner Circle, reformed the club in her own image and allied with the ruler of Hell, Blackheart.

The remaining NBL teams reformed and changed the name to the National Industrial Basketball League ( NIBL ) where teams such as the Denver Truckers, Chicago Saints, Akron Wingfoots, Phillips 66ers, Peoria Cats, Philadelphia Tapers, Lexington Marathon Oilers and Cleveland Pipers thrived as club teams.

The original club went out of existence in the early 1990s however, in 2010, they reformed as an amateur team.

The club subsequently reformed, and after winning the Tribute Somerset Premier in the 2008 / 2009 season they now play in the Tribute Western Counties North division of the English Rugby Union South West Division.

The club was reformed as F. C.

A year later the club reformed, initially under the name Margate Town, and returned to the Kent League, still playing at Dreamland, but folded again due to heavy debts.