Word: beane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Louis Cardinals is attracting attention to himself. Last spring Pitcher Dean's exhibitionism took the form of demanding a higher salary, punching a sportswriter, threatening to retire. Since the season started, Pitcher Dean has got into sports headlines by complaining about umpires' decisions, fighting, pitching "bean balls" (TIME, June 7). Last fortnight, Pitcher Dean's readiness to cause a sensation took the new and unpredictable form of a visit to Belleville, Ill. where he addressed the Presbyterian Men's Club. Next day the Belleville Daily Advocate reported that in the course of his speech Pitcher Dean...
...Irving ("Bump") Hadley of the New York Yankees. Pitcher Hadley had hit Catcher Cochrane accidentally. Nonetheless, the mishap, which baseball experts predicted would end both Catcher Cochrane's playing career and the chances of the Tigers to win the American League pennant this season, revived an uproar about "bean balls" which has been a feature of the 1937 major-league baseball season...
...bean ball" is a ball pitched at a batter's head. First noteworthy bean ball of 1937 was thrown accidentally by Cleveland's famed Young Bob Feller at Henry Leiber of the New York Giants. Next noteworthy bean balls were thrown purposely by famed Pitcher Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals at members of the New York Giants in St. Louis last fortnight to express his indignation over an umpire's decision. The Dean bean balls resulted in a free-for-all fist light on the field, fines of $50 each for Pitcher Dean...
Last major-league baseballer killed by a bean ball was Shortstop Ray Chapman of Cleveland in 1920. Last week, before playing a game together, the Philadelphia Athletics and the Cleveland Indians experimented with polo helmets during batting practice...
...Vernon Raymond Haber of Pennsylvania State College seems to have first made the discovery that Epsom salt is poisonous to insects and has been spreading the news to other entomologists by word of mouth. Dr. Haber recommends that a spray of Epsom salt in water be used against Mexican bean beetles. J. H. Hawkins of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station advocates this Epsom salt spray against wheat wireworms. The Frings believe the spray "could be used safely on many vegetables and fruits...