Word: feller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bless You, Mr. Chamberlain (We're all mighty proud of you. You look swell holding your umbrella. All the world loves a wonderful feller . . .). (This song is now out of print...
Nahem is no Bob Feller, but he is one of the most extraordinary of this year's freshman pitchers. Big, begoggled, 25, he has an LL.B. degree from St. John's University, passed the New York bar examinations last year. On the mound, Nahem has the cunning of a prosecuting attorney. His best ball is a slider (a deceptive fast ball that sneaks up on the batter, then suddenly slides away from his bat). He throws his curves both sidearm and overhand: sidearm to right-handed hitters, overhand to lefties...
...began his symphony with conventional jubilant trumpetings. That was "The Dodgers Win." "The Dodgers Lose" was a dirge, almost Oriental in its luxurious grief. The scherzo of the symphony opened with plaintive bassoon bleats: President MacPhail offering Cleveland the Brooklyn Bridge and Prospect Park in trade for Pitcher Bob Feller. Thudding minor chords were Cleveland's repeated "No." The symphony ended with "Red" Barber himself, the Dodgers' own radio announcer, rattling off an account of a ninth-inning rally against the Giants, a home run, and victory...
...years oldtime Pitcher Smoky Joe Wood, the Bob Feller of 30 years ago, has been coaching at Yale, home-teaching his own three spratlings the tricks of the game. Last fortnight Yale played Colgate. Pitching for Yale was his biggest boy, Joe Jr., now a senior and captain of the team. On the mound for Colgate was Second Son Steve. Youngest Son Bobby, who also can pitch, played first base for Colgate. Smoky Joe couldn't lose. Yale...
...Cleveland the fine-feathered Indians, promising to make a brave showing for their new manager, Roger Peckinpaugh, were socked by the Chicago White Sox, 4-10-3. Fireball Bob Feller, baseball's No. 1 pitcher, who chalked up a no-hit game in last year's opener, retired in the sixth inning-after walking seven men, hitting two more, allowing five hits...