Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Whether due to the widely discussed influence of the "rabbit" quality in American horsehide, or to the more mundane belief that managers have overworked their pitchers, the fact remains that an inordinate percentage of the country's pitching greats have grievous afflictions in their flippers. Carl Hubbell, Dizzy Dean, Bob Feller, Lefty Grove, Schoolboy Rowe, Van Lingle Mungo, and Wes Ferrel, these are only a few of the burdened. X-rays have been taken, yes, and chipped bones and bent bones and extraneous bones have been removed. But many of these men have little faith in science. Some back astrology...
...exceptionally large group of Varsity and Freshman talent spent the vacation pounding the cinders. As a result the squad is in excellent shape for this time of year, except for Ros Brayton, miler, who got soaked in the eye with a shuttlecock while playing badminton; Bob Partlow, Jump artist, who still has a bad foot; and Coach Mikkola, who has a whing-ding of a cold...
...trip saw much improvement in the work of Bob Fulton, regular back-stop, especially in his throwing, and in his handling of pitchers. However, the fact remains that Keyes and Fulton together accounted for six of the team's 11 errors during the past week...
First witness: New York's Senator Robert F. Wagner, daddy of the Act. Whether he will stand pat, publicly voice a belief that NLRB has gone astray but that the statute is as good as ever or offer some compromise amendments of his own, Bob Wagner refused to say. Last week the Administration, which generally looks to Bob Wagner for advice on Labor matters, significantly omitted the Wagner Act amendment from its list of ten "preferred" items on the Senate calendar...
...about 1:30 p. m. Earl Durand strode into the First National Bank at Powell. He had a six-shooter on his hip, a .30-.30 rifle in his hands, pockets bulging with cartridges. Bank President Bob Nelson, his three employes and five customers reached for the ceiling. Durand grabbed $3,000 in cash, then started shooting crazily through the bank's windows and walls. "They'll plug me anyway," he told his frightened captives. When he had fired 40 or 50 shots he bound Nelson, Cashier Maurice Knutson and Teller John Gawthrop together by the wrists with...