Sentence:  "He goes strike-breakin'. <WSD>Grandstand play</WSD>, that's what I call it. Gets his name in the papers an makes all the skirts he runs with fluster up an' say: ‘My! Some bear, that Roy Blanchard, some bear.'" 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An action or stratagem that is excessively dramatic or sensational and that is intended to appeal to members of the public or to a particular audience.