Word: batting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Americans at Bat. Eden's pointed reference to China as a full partner did not quiet the fears aroused in the Far East. For India, there was as usual little comfort in anything that Winston Churchill said. Along with the rest of the world, the peoples in Britain's colonies had every right to read Mr. Churchill's global declaration in context with his earlier statement, for home consumption, that Britain intends to keep and rule her own colonies in her own way, after the war (TIME, March 29). The tone of the Prime Minister...
Occasionally a newcomer tries to put something over on the teams. A few years ago a retired doctor was welcomed into the league. First time at bat, he socked a ball into left field, trotted around to second base, then turned a cartwheel to prove he was not in the least bit tuckered. His suspicious teammates delved into the doctor's background, discovered he was only 73, banished...
Paul Quinn, Paul Delahoid, although he hasn't yet reported, Howie Hodgson, Bob Axtell, and Jerry Callanan seem to be the top candidates for the backstop position so far. Stahl is contemplating shifting Ned Fitzgibbons, last year's first sacker, behind the bat in case of a shortage of catchers. Bill Harding is expected to report at the close of the hockey season...
Soon the British decided they wanted a Hayward-run training center too. So Hayward borrowed $200,000 from the British Government, still more from his friends, slapped up Falcon Field 25 miles east of Phoenix. This succeeded right off the bat -Southwest was on its way. To handle the Army's stepped-up pilot program Hayward expanded the original civilian school and built Thunderbird Field II. To overhaul training planes and engines he set up a big repair depot. To haul high-priority military cargo he started an airline over a censored Pacific Coast route. Meanwhile Southwest trained thousands...
...score at the half read 26 to 9, and Penn's lead was too much a potent rally by the Harvard second team in the third quarter. A dislocated finger suffered by Captain Bunks Burditt after the first ten minutes of play damaged the Crimson cause right off the bat. However, Sophomore Dick Forster, playing in his home town, did a beautiful job of filling the high-scoring, captain's shoes...