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...tobacco in one cheek, forgot at times that it was only an exhibition game. "When I step on the field," Sain once said, "I'm not making a social call. I'm a professional baseball player doing what I'm paid for, which is to get batters out." Against one Cincinnati batter, he fired his big, jug-handled curve (the best in baseball), then a screwball, and then the fast one. The umpire's thumb jerked upward; the batter, Outfielder Frank Baumholtz, was out on three pitched balls...
Last year, in 19 innings of Ivy League pitching, Godin gave up only two earned runs and ten hits while striking out 20 batter. He finished the season with a brilliant four-hit 2 to 0 shutout of of Yale, beating the Elis' outstanding pitcher, Frank Quinn. Godin will start the 1949 campaign at Virginia on Monday and will work the Crimson's first League game against Navy on Saturday. After that, he will get the call for most of the team's League contests...
...batter in the varsity uniform pushed one into right field, crossed first and took second as the fielder watched the ball scoot between his legs. Why House softball, thought Vag. Maybe with a season on the Jayvees--you never can tell, they say Bob Feller broke in real fast...
...comfortable in the batter's box. What is comfortable for some gents is not for others, so there is no set method on this...
...that point, Weizmann got a warning. Said his friend Lloyd George: "You have no time to waste. Today the world is like the Baltic before a frost ... it is still in motion. But if it gets set, you will have to batter your heads against the ice blocks and wait for a second thaw." The warning was almost too late. In 1917 the hard-pressed British had had good reason to win Jewish good will, especially in the U.S. and the Austro-Hungarian empire. After the war they had equally good reasons, they thought, to keep their promises...