Word: battered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Each of these big men boasted he would batter the other unconscious and each?though Sharkey had been coached to check his "killer" instinct and weary Dempsey by skillful boxing?reverted quickly and satisfactorily to the brute soon after the first gong sounded...
Last Saturday, when the Crusaders had Dobens, a southpaw in the box, Sullivan, a left-handed batter, was placed in the lineup to add to the team's strength at bat. He went in for Donaghy at short, while the latter's ability both at the plate and in the field kept him in the game at right field. This same shift in the lineup will be maintained today against Creson, the southpaw pitcher who will face the Crimson sluggers. It is possible that Lord will be replaced at first by Tobin, another lefthanded batter, while Duchin's liking...
Barbee conquered Georgetown, previously triumphant over Harvard, 5 to 0, setting down batter after batter, and allowing only four hits. On Monday he hurled his second victory over Brown at Providence, limiting the Bruins to seven safeties...
...Crimson to end the game. With Nannigan on first as the result of Booth's only base on balls, Hammond hit sharply to Lord. Instead of touching first base, the Harvard infielder shot the ball to Ullman, whose return throw to Lord was in time to nip the batter for a double play and the final out of the game...
...they soon must go to get in bed early so that they'll be in shape to give all they've got tomorrow for you. I want to hear you YELL tomorrow when they come on that field; I want to hear you YELL when that first Princetonian batter goes out in the first; and I want to hear you YELL from then on until the last Harvard man passes out in the ninth...