Word: balle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hammer, which consists of a metal ball attached to wire handle, four feet overall in length and weighing 16 pounds, has been held in this meet since 1877. The hammer is thrown from a seven foot circle, in which the competitor is restrained to his fair throws. From its inception to 1891 a wooden handle was used. The wire handle, with its double or single grip, proved a great improvement over the old style hammer and really revolutionized the event...
...close pitching duel, the Second University baseball team yesterday defeated St. John's Preparatory School, 4 to 3. Gates pitched tight ball in the pinches for the winners...
According to the colorful Chicago Tribune, "By noon it was a dreary place, the campus of the high school. Many girls were crying, and some boys." There was a critical ball game scheduled for that day and virtually the whole Oak Park team was "fired." Some of the 51 went into legal conference to get a special injunction restraining the school board from taking action until after graduation day. Others went to other schools, tried to enroll and finish their year's work. Principal Mc-Daniel refused to comment. Board President George Harvey Jones said: "There is nothing sensational...
...Ball Team Outhits Opponents...
...mound duties for the Red and Blue squad where Long and Kruez left off, engaged in a hurling duel all the way. The University pitcher held the winners to three hits while the Crimson attack was collecting four safe blows. Both pinchers were handicapped by the wet ball and slippery footing on the mound, but the rival hitters were even more seriously held down by the poor light which made it difficult to watch the fast breaking curves offered by both pitchers...