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Word: battering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...disappointing low mark of .226 in league contests, but recent games with outside schools increased the season's percentage to a presentable .286. Although only rated as a utility man filling in for Art Johns at second base, Dick Grondahl in three league games is the highest Crimson batter in the official standings with an average of .375. Lupe Lupien, colorful first baseman, is second with .313, followed by rightfielder Jim Sullivan who has batted at a .278 clip. Frankie Owen at third is hitting only .250 but holds the league lead in runs batted in with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 5/18/1937 | See Source »

...Orleans, George Kernan, 16, clouted a softball, sadly watched it drop on the tender of a passing locomotive. Next day when the locomotive rumbled past the sandlot on its return run, Fireman John Primaut tossed Batter Kernan a brand new ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 10, 1937 | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

Failing to hold an early lead, the Jayvee baseball team lost to the Northeastern Freshmen yesterday afternoon. With two men out in the ninth inning Northeastern rallied when the third batter walked, the next man singled, and another walked to fill the bases. Griffin, the short-stop, then singled to center scoring the tying and winning runs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jayvees Lose in Ninth | 5/7/1937 | See Source »

Because of a pine tree fire just at game time, which threatened to destroy the stands filled with a B.U. Junior Class Day crowd, and because of the sloppiness of the play, it was 7:30 o'clock before the last batter was retired...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B.U. NINE DEFEATS CRIMSON VARSITY 18-10; LONG GAME | 5/5/1937 | See Source »

...tune of 9-7, Coach Mitchell's forces seem at last to be on the good baseball trail after playing a splendid game against highly touted Holy Cross. Unless they are again hogtied by the deliveries of Bob Leahy they are in a good enough hitting mood to batter out a victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOPEFUL VARSITY NINE FACES B.U. TEAM TODAY ON OPPONENTS DIAMOND | 5/4/1937 | See Source »

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