Word: batted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That was Casey at the Bat. The ball game was 38 years ago. And since then Casey has become a legendary figure like Paul Revere and the Village Blacksmith. Last week he came to life...
...case of "The Bat", everyone who has seen "The Cat and the Canary" has to conspire to keep the cat in the bag, so the action must remain an impenetrable secret, so far as the Playgoer is concerned. But its effectiveness, judged by that reliable criterion, its reception by the audience, deserves no little admiration. By means of thoroughly adequate scenery and "props", and the services of the old West Indian, "Mammy" Pleasant, an extremely advantageous current of excitement and hysteria is set up, which needs only the slamming of a door or the tolling of a bell to produce...
...respect, however, "The Cat and the Canary" fails as did its fellow, "The Bat". Both plays cry aloud for a solution from beginning to final denouement, but neither supplies a real clue from which the true secret can be deduced. In fact every effort is made to mislead the earnest spectator to a wrong conclusion. But this is an unimportant detail. Anyone who likes to spend an uneasy, riotous evening, and to observe the instability of his neighbor's equilibrium will do well to visit "The Cat and the Canary...
...impressed by the improvement in E. C. Herrmann '24. J. E. Toulmin '24 has developed a fast curve with a sudden break that is very deceptive. Although D. G. Casto '26 has a slow delivery, his perfect control and change in pace makes him a formidable moundsman. Behind the bat, Thorwald Sanchez '24 has been the outstanding player...
...Consecutive home run hitting: George Kelly, New York Nationals, three home runs in three times at bat, against Chicago...