Word: ball
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...historical ads make as good reading as your indispensable magazine. Recently I enjoyed the one entitled "The Merkle Incident." It was astonishingly complete and very well written, but surely it was mistaken in one important particular. You say, " 'Iron Man' McGinnity, coming on the run, seized the ball and hurled it into the stands. Tinker pinned his arms and the ball lobbed into the crowd already surging on the field...
Among those individual performers who will bear watching this afternoon, John Crowley of the Roxbury School in Cheshire Connecticut stands high. He has an amazing record of over 140 feet with the discus, better by 15 feet than anyone now in Harvard,, and can throw the 12-pound ball nearly 52 feet. Crowley also shines as a jumper, being able to clear 5 feet 9 inches in the high and 20 feet in the broad leaps. A teammate of his, J. S. Birge, is one of the outstanding sprint entries in the meet. He has records of 10 seconds...
After the Southern trip where Coach Mitchell's charges walloped the ball at a fast clip in the face of ragged early-season hurling, the team has slowed down and batting averages have gradually fallen to their present position...
Andover is stronger than usual this year and should offer the strongest opposition to the Crimson ball players...
This evening at 8.15 o'clock the Hotel Commander Ball Room will be the scene of a concert of the original compositions of Randall Thompson '20, under the auspices of the Harvard Liberal Club...