Word: battering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Born. To Rogers Hornsby, champion batter of the National League (baseball), a son; in St. Louis...
...Spanish Nation must wait until the Directory dismounts; and, on the whole, seems content to do so. Even the Radicals have said: "Better the Directory than a Romanones Ministry." * Moroccan Foot. In the pristine pride of its advent to power, the Directory was firmly convinced that it could batter the turbulent Riffs into submission. Consequently, it handled the statesmen and politicians in cavalier fashion, refusing haughtily all offers of help. "We shall meet again in Morocco," was the grim retort of ex-Premier Count Romanones, the Liberal leader. Subsequent events thoroughly disillusioned General Rivera and his colleagues. The Riffs proved...
Cordingley went into the box for the Crimson and got in hot water at once. The first batter was safe on an error by Tobin, who took Coady's place at first. The next two men were retired, but Small walked and Fish again came through with a hit. His double to center scored both runners. Captain Blake got a home run when his hit to right was played poorly by Ellison...
Barbee, who pitched the whole game for the 1928 team, was in excellent form. Only in the first inning were the Worcester batters able to connect with his offerings and it was in this period that they got two singles which coupled with a Freshman error accounted for the only tally of the contest. For the rest of the game Barbee allowed only one hit, a single in the eighth, struck out seven men, and let only one batter reach first base on balls...
...plate, sent the pitchers' swiftest offerings in long parabolas to the spaces of verdure behind the outfielders. The agile basemen were "On their toes to , make stops, pickups, putouts and what not. Moundsmen were regaining their speed, sending across curves, fadeaways, fork-balls that baffled the sturdiest batter. Well might loud eurekas issue from the lips of the fence-warmers. The teams, after they had played some practice games against one another, entrained for the North...