Word: battered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...considered a Washington fixture. A San Francisco youth who won the city tennis championship at 14, his baseball ability attracted the attention of a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1924. He played for Pittsburgh in 1926 and 1927, went back to the minor leagues as an incorrigibly poor batter. A Senator scout rediscovered him at Kansas City in 1928. In two years his batting average jumped from .243 to .346. After the 1932 season, Owner Griffith made him manager of the team. When the Senators won the pennant las year, Joe Cronin was as much a hero to Washington...
...Dean." In the first game (St. Louis, 13-to-0) Dizzy Dean missed his prophecy. Brooklyn got three hits. In the second (St. Louis, 3-to-0), his younger brother Paul Dean pitched the first no-hit game in the National League since 1929. Only one Brooklyn batter reached first base, on balls in the first inning...
...first Detroit batter made a home-run. Pitcher Rowe hugged him, cuffed him happily on the head. When he went to bat himself, two men were on base. His hit scored the winning run. By the time Detroit took the field the score was Detroit 4, Washington 2. Rowe struck out the last two batters, threw his glove in the air, rode off on the shoulders of the crowd...
...score was 9-to-7 in favor of the American League when the first National League batter in the ninth inning of last week's All-Star baseball game dropped a bunt in front of home plate...
...Polo Grounds might well have seen another inning or two of one of the most discussed baseball games in history. But Frankhouse did not reach first. Catcher Cochrane picked the ball out of the dust. His throw to first base beat the runner by a foot. The next batter made a two-base hit but the two that followed flied and grounded out. The All-Star game thereupon ended, with the American League still two runs ahead...