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...veritable iron man in the batter's box and in centerfield, where he played 1795 games for Washington, Buffalo, St. Louis, Louisville, Chicago and Cincinnati during the course of his career. He led the league in 1899 with 633 at bats and in walks with 1901 and 1891, when he had 119. Altogether he had 2044 hits, which gave him a lifetime batting average...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Player Who Didn't Make It to Cooperstown | 2/12/1977 | See Source »

...claimed that his disability never affected his performance on the field. Shortly before he died, he was quoted as communicating, "I found it no handicap. I could feel the tiniest foul tip and when on the bases I had my own secret way of knowing when a batter made a foul tip. The yelling of the opposition was useless as far as I was concerned...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Player Who Didn't Make It to Cooperstown | 2/12/1977 | See Source »

Freshwoman Kathy Batter will go down in the annals of history as scoring Radcliffe's first varsity contest goal. The talented halfback possesses excellent endurance and speed, attributes that enable her to spearhead the 'Cliffe attack...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: 'Cliffe Booters Cop Pair | 10/27/1976 | See Source »

...again de same−American Night Priparatory School for Edults. (Batter it should say school for greenhorns, becawss here is all pipple like me who are not livink lonk in U.S.) Comms again our titcher, Mr. Pockheel, to explain de hoddest pots gremmer, spallink, pernonciation an' de minnink English voids. But Rosten is in every pedge improvink. New fallow students he gives me. (Bloom, Tarnova, Matsoukas, Perez isn't inoff?) New titchers he puts in, new lassons, new voids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Void Symphony | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

...improvink alvays mekink batter? I esk! I enser−I got de fonny fillink no. Like in my job−cotter mens cloths−seemple is bast. Rosten (here I'm mekink dip bow to mine creator) is dis time cotting too fency. Is mekink too many gegs an' stratching averyt'ing ot too lonk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Void Symphony | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

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