Word: fatally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against its dramatic value for three reasons. The play is a pioneer, and as such, it may have been unjustly tomahawk by obtuse or conventional critics. The play may have been badly staged, acted, lighted, costumed, or advertised; it may have been,--for one is almost as fatal as the other-too hastily produced or too long rehearsed. Lastly, the play may have suffered as a propitiation to the undiscerning public who can not accept an idea or a new technique without marring its first exponents...
Sixth Inning Errors Fatal...
Cote led off the fatal sixth with a long blow to center field which Burns captured after a hard run. Morrissey, the next men up drove a hard ground ball at the University third sacker and reached first on the error. He stole second, took third on Savage's out to the infield. The next man to face Barbee hit a fast bounding ball down the third base line which Zarakov bobbled. Freeman scored both men with a long single to left which went for a safety when Todd slipped and fell, and spiked the plate a moment later...
...successful trip over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel (1911); at Christchurch, New Zealand. Mr. Leach failed in an attempt to swim the rapids of Niagara last fall. His death resulted when he slipped upon a bit of orange peel, broke his leg, and underwent a subsequently fatal amputation...
...football. The number of men has been limited to 12 on each side, and these men have definite positions, and an exact purpose in every play, just as in football or basketball. The dangerous features of the sport have been eliminated by the use of padding and helmets. Fatal injury to players has been done away with as much as in any other game. In fact, while there are still a good many small injuries, that, from the spectator's standpoint, appear sufficient to send a player to his happy hunting ground, probably no sport has sustained so few serious...