Word: balled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sample of the Christmas ball they have been holding in Anson, Tex. for more than 50 years was presented by 25 cowboys & cowgirls...
...Evans, whose famed book The Escaping Club tells how he got out of a German prison camp during the War, failed to escape from Wilford Wehrle of Racine, Wis. All square after being 3 down, the major needed a 12-ft. putt to halve the 18th hole. Addressing the ball, he moved it too slightly for anyone but himself to see, picked it up, conceded hole & match...
...bean ball" is a ball pitched at a batter's head. First noteworthy bean ball of 1937 was thrown accidentally by Cleveland's famed Young Bob Feller at Henry Leiber of the New York Giants. Next noteworthy bean balls were thrown purposely by famed Pitcher Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals at members of the New York Giants in St. Louis last fortnight to express his indignation over an umpire's decision. The Dean bean balls resulted in a free-for-all fist light on the field, fines of $50 each for Pitcher Dean...
Last major-league baseballer killed by a bean ball was Shortstop Ray Chapman of Cleveland in 1920. Last week, before playing a game together, the Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians experimented with polo helmets during batting practice...
...Grant should have played in a major Davis Cup match long before 1937. Be cause his legs and arms are so short that he has to spend most of his time chasing the ball, Grant frequently falls down, has become dextrous at returning shots while sitting on the ground. This has caused experts to underestimate the soundness of his game, which has enabled him to beat most of the world's best players at one time or another. Grant has been struggling to get on the U. S. Davis Cup team for the past five years...