Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Slim Curtiss was called in to check the tide but one more Terrier run came in when Artie Johns was unable to handle a fast grounder. A pinch hitter relieved Curtiss in the eighth and Johns finished the game on the mound...
Although Slim Curtiss handed Navy a 7-4 setback during the spring trip and received credit for a 12-7 win over Penn, the tall Junior hurler has not been at top form lately. His slow ball has been cutting the batter too high, while his fast-ball has been dropping instead of the former jump...
...Healey's fast ball has been inconsistent to date. He is leading the circuit pitchers in strike-outs with 13, but against the Tigers was definitely off and batted from the mound. Although John Mahoney held B. U. to a stand-off, the veteran slow-ball artist can not be counted on as a consistent winner in Ivy competition...
...immediate resumption of those cordial French relations with Joseph Stalin personally which were never so close as when the Premier of France was Conservative Pierre Laval, one of the few foreign statesmen ever entertained by the Kremlin Dictator. With a view to aiding France to gain strength as fast as possible in rivalry with Italy and Germany, the assistance of the World's No. 1 Communist is again wanted by Paris...
...What a Life is so long on character portrayal that it is terribly short on plot, never quite masses its laughs through mounting situations, merely sprinkles them brightly at regular intervals. As slight of build as the kids it treats of, What a Life is, like them, young, lively, fast on its feet, full of agonies a first kiss or even an ice-cream soda could drive away...