Word: hertford
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Raleigh said she hopes to spend two years at Oxford's Hertford College, adding that she chose Hertford because it has a special program in the Classics and is coeducational...
...instinct for spotting young talent. He was tireless in pursuit of prospects. In 1962 he struck one of baseball's alltime bargains by paying only $500 to sign Shortstop Bert Campaneris, then a catcher for a team in Cuba. Two years later Finley heard about a kid pitcher from Hertford, N.C., who had peppered his foot with shotgun pellets in a hunting accident. Finley descended upon Hertford, stalked the youngster, captured him with a $75,000 bonus and sent him to the Mayo Clinic for a foot operation. As a publicity stunt, Finley told the 18-year-old to call...
...arbitration panel ruled that Hunter, who won 25 games and the Cy Young Award in 1974, was a free agent. The reason: A's Owner Charles O. Finley had defaulted on part of Hunter's $100,000-a-year contract. Instantly, Hunter's home town of Hertford, N.C., became the unlikely mecca for owners eager to place their bids. By early last week Hunter's lawyers had weighed the 24 offers and picked four top prospects: San Diego, Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles...
...deal is unprecedented in a sport where a player contract for even two years is unusual. It assures Hunter a yearly income of $150,000, plus a $1.5 million bonus and a $1 million life insurance policy. Hunter hardly seemed impressed. Immediately after signing, he flew back to Hertford so he could be there on New Year's day -the last day of the deer-hunting season...