Possible Clues:

• Brushed round seats and tabletop
• Won the World Series in four games, say
• Wielded a broom
• Son cried, being thoroughly searched
• Didn't lose at all
• Brushed
• Wielded a whisk
• After a brush with this, the South was in tears
• Cleaned (with a broom)
• Won the World Series in four games, e.g.