Word: cage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...right spot. The Dodgers called one "The Bazooka," another "Iron Mike," the third "Overhand Joe." Last week Rickey introduced still another gadget-"Big Inch," a gravity-feed pipeline into which outfielders tossed the ball after shagging long flies. "Big Inch" conducted the balls to a box near the batting cage, prevented a hail of return throws and saved the outfielder's arm for the throwing practice that would come later...
...With the padding they wear, goalies seldom are. He seemed to get out of position a lot. This was deceptive on Big Bill's part. "Durnan fools you," said another National Hockey League star last week. "One second he leaves a big hole on one side of the cage, but the next he's in there on top of the puck. He knows he can move fast...
Several weeks of practice in the gloomy, not-swathed interior of the Cage at the unfortunate hours of 7 to 8 p.m. when a self-respecting lacrosseman's stomach is just beginning to assimilate supper, are enough to try any man's fortitude, especially if he's coach trying to get a line on a team he never met before...
...move outdoors as soon as the temperature hits 45 or 50," McInnis said yesterday. "But you know this New England weather--it may snow tomorrow." Until the mercury does climb, McInnis must conduct his daily two-hour workouts in the hazy confines of the Cage...
...baseball player who is accustomed to preparing for the season in sunny Florida, Briggs Cage must be quite a comedown. But one Stuffy McInnis has been carrying on admirably for three weeks now an his 1949 varsity team is gradually taking shape...