Word: batted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...meeting with protests that such a rule would reduce to absurdity the already limited powers of the conference. Australia's stocky, hard-hitting Foreign Minister Herbert Vere Evatt (rhymes with rev it) was spokesman for the small nations as he had been at San Francisco; he went to bat for a simple majority rather than a two-thirds' majority rule. He was bitterly seconded by Belgium's Paul Henri Spaak, chairman of the Rules Committee: "The great powers. . .attempt to impose upon us rules of voting which in practice prevent us from securing acceptance for our points...
Chesapeake & Ohio's ebullient Robert Ralph Young has a 1946 batting average of 1,000. First he went to bat for through transcontinental sleeping car service at Chicago and St. Louis-and scored (TIME, April 1). Next time up, he got a base hit on his campaign against the black market in Pullman reservations. ICC approved Pullman's suggested changes on rail reservations...
...jump from the snow covered forests of Czarist Russia to the swamp land of Louisiana with nothing more than a Valentine card in between to announce the transition. Only twice is the film worthy of the reputation of Walt Disney and of Disney's former achievements. "Casey at the Bat" features the voice of Jerry Colonna plus some very fine satire on rattling the pitcher and whipping the ball around the infield after each out. It is reminiscent of Disney's "How to Play Baseball" of four years ago, one of the funniest cartoons ever released. In "Willie the Whale...
...ball, got even by throwing it into the stands. In 1940, Williams announced that he would rather be a fireman than a big-leaguer. That prompted the artful Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox to distribute papier-mache fire helmets to his players whenever Williams came to bat. The only thing anyone liked about him was his hitting-a terrific .406 in 1941. Then he joined the Navy, eventually became a Marine flyer...
Jeers to Cheers. When ex-Marine Ted Williams showed up at spring-training camp last February, somebody dared him to walk up to the plate in his street clothes like a stranger and demand a chance at bat. Said he with great dignity: "No. They'd say I was screwy again." His teammates found themselves liking him for the first time. Either it was the Marines or his bride...