Word: batting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...work attempting to unravel the mystery. . . . "As to the matter of theft ... the Times would count any photographer on its staff a total loss who folded his camera and went home merely because some one told him not to make a picture. The Times is a funny old bat of a sheet, anyhow...
Wesley Ruggles (The Sea Bat, Cimarron...
...international tilt with the Japanese was originally scheduled for Wednesday but was postponed both then and yesterday because of the rainy spell which has descended upon this section of the country. MacHale will in all probability do the pitching today with Sheldon behind the bat. The Crimson mound star will then rest until the Yale series, which begins in New Haven next Tuesday. Whether or not he will pitch the first or second game of the series has not been decided...
...game, scheduled for yesterday, and called off on account of wet grounds, will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock on Soldiers Field. The visiting nine, from Japan, is nearly as strong as the Harvard nine, being a fast fielding team if not quite as powerful at the bat as the University players...
...fourth frame with one out and two men on Rhode Island tried a double steal, just as Sheldon was attempting to work a pitchout. The Harvard backstop sensed the situation, however, and leaving his post behind the bat quickly cut off Barnatowich from first base, threw to Des Roches who had come up from third to cover second: when this effort failed, the Harvard third sacker tossed the ball to Wood, who chased down towards third base to tag out Cragan between second and third. Barnatowich, who had been safe on second, was out a moment later on an attempt...