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Repeating Dr. Donald Griffin's experiment [for his sonar navigation experiments, he used bats which had been made to hibernate in a humidified refrigerator-TIME, May 1], I removed a bat from my belfry, chucked him in my refrigerator, rigged my oscillograph, and turned him loose...
Carrying the experiment one step further, I asked the bat how he managed to make a 120,000 cycle, 60 dyne noise. "Gripes!" said the bat, "with my teeth-it's cold in that refrigerator...
...grounder and letting three runs score, Ted came in for another round of raspberries. This time, before he reached the dugout, he replied with a gesture from the international sign language of obscenity which Boston sport-writers primly described as a "vulgar motion." Then, while waiting his turn at bat, Ted added one more gesture that even the most proper Bostonians were sure to grasp: he turned and spat disgustedly in the direction of the grandstand...
That second-hand apology seemed to work. Two days after Ted's "impulsive actions," the applause actually drowned out the boos when Ted stepped up to bat...
Chuck Wade, the experienced backstop who has handled most of the Yardling catching this year, will again start behind the bat. Though slow afoot, Wade is an intelligent receiver. He works well with Ward...