Word: ball
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...siege of Pampeluna in 1521, a French cannon ball whizzed between the legs of a Basque knight named Íñigo de Oñez y Loyola, breaking his right shin and tearing his left calf. For the Roman Catholic Church, beleaguered by the Protestant Reformation, that shot was providential. Íñigo, laid up in his castle (and ever after afflicted with a limp), began thinking pious thoughts which led him, in 1534, to form a "flying squadron," the Society of Jesus, in the front ranks of the Church's Counter Reformation against Protestantism...
Played under practically the same rules, indoor polo differs from outdoor polo in five major respects: three players instead of four; four chukkers instead of eight; smaller field; playing surface of clay, sand and shavings; leather-covered rubber ball instead of a wooden ball...
...choice; she stated, "I love every minute of it, but if it ever does become boring I'm afraid I shall quit. Each performance is a new experience for me. I never deliver my lines the same--the audience really sets the pace for the show. If they play ball, I have a wonderful time doing my best to satisfy them...
...almost as vicious a hitter as Lupien. Batting left handed, Gannett is a good "waiter." He had tough luck on the trip, connecting safely only four times out of 17 trips to the plate. Two or three times, safe landing of his smoky liners might have meant the ball game to Harvard, but each time they were hit directly at the fielders...
Governor Leverett Saltonstall '14 will be the guest of honor at the Adams House dinner tonight. He will speak informally in the dining ball during dinner...