Word: balle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Fourth Game. The glamor faded a little. No band. Less bunting. More the atmosphere of an ordinary ball game. Johnson, refreshed, allowed only three clean hits, passed only two men (one in the first inning when he was cold and one in the ninth when he was tired). Pitcher Yde (Pittsburgh) gave journalists a chance to make puns about Yde and seek. Goose Goslin hit him for a home run, his second in two days; so did Joe Harris. Bucky Harris, called out after a slide to the plate in the seventh inning, screamed like a terrified horse. Umpire Moriarity...
Mathewson had just graduated from Bucknell University, where he had pitched good college ball- exceptionally good college ball. A friendly enemy of his was Eddie Plank, a left-handed youth, who went to Gettysburg College. In 1905 Mathewson pitched again against this Eddie Plank in the World series. Between the college games and that 1905 series was a story known to almost everyone in the U. S.-the story of how Mathewson, after one brilliant season with Smith's Norfolkers, was bought by the New York Giants, how he had perfected his famed "fadeaway," studied the personal weaknesses...
...Grange, partly over the pummeling he received from Nebraska, picked up heart and a loose ball, and raced 40 yards for a touchdown against Butler. Before the game was over he had made another. Score: Illinois 16, Butler...
Forward passes featured the second scoring drive by the Freshmen. A toss from French, who starred at Worcester, to Porter led up to the tally. Another pass, French to Putnam, put the ball across the line and French added the extra point...
Ewing Princeton's midget quarterback, booted a dropkick from the 46 yard line for Princeton's opening score. The ball struck the cross-bar and bounced over. Now a fast attack by the Navy backs led up to a field goal which tied the score before the first period ended...