Word: balling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Arab horsemen on shore waved their carbines in the air and performed equestrian wonders. An acrobat walked a tightrope with two babies strapped to his ankles, while whirling dervishes held hot coals in their teeth, swallowed live scorpions and otherwise entertained the crowds. That night there was a great ball at the Khedive's palace...
Then Dan Gardella tired of Mexican baseball after one season, and tried to climb back. Complains Gardella: "Not only did organized baseball blacklist me, but it wouldn't permit me to earn a living in semi-pro ball . . . He filed suit against the Giants, against Baseball Commissioner Albert B. ("Happy") Chandler and the major & minor leagues...
...that the "long route" meant over the fence. "It was almost impossible to hit a ball out of the park in those days," Stuffy muses. "Everything favored the pitchers. The ball was deader than it is today, and the pitchers all chewed tobacco, so that by the eighth or ninth inning the ball was like a chunk of coal...
...Trade newspapers make an attempt to do our crystal ball gazing for us, but I've found them quite unreliable. The only thing we can do is to keep up with the trends and move the minute we notice changes in them...
...tall Bellboys played swiftly, deceptively, and passed accurately. Although the Dunster five handled the ball smoothly, the team lacked the League-leading dash of its opponents...