Word: hit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...World for some 30 years and have no recollection of its editions ever having been printed on yellow paper. The origin of the opprobious "yellow journalism" came about through a "comic" drawn by R. F. Outcault, called "The Yellow Kid." This appeared first in the World; scored such a hit that Hearst bought Outcault away from Pulitzer. It depicted a street gamin who wore a yellow night shirt, on which was inscribed all the gutter chatter and slang of that day, and it was out of that incident that the term "yellow journalism" was coined...
Three-base hits--Walker, Vincent. Two-base hits--Vincent, Holahan, Hoben. Stolen base--Grove. Sacrifice hit--Sawyer. Double plays--Grove and Vincent, Nugent, McGrath, and Todd. Base on balls--off Whitmore 2, off Ketchum 3, off Colpak, off Molloy. Struck out--by Sawyer 2, by Whitmore 2. Hits--off Whitmore 9 in 3 1-3 innings, off Ketchum 4 in 2 2-3 innings, off Colpak 2 in 0 innings (none out in 7th), off Molloy 3 in 0 innings (none out in 7th), off Prior 2 in 2 innings. Losing pitcher Whitmore. Umpires--Devron and Finnell. Time...
...trouble in stemming the local bats. Adams, of Tufts, is also a sophomore, and stands in the front line of Eastern college pitchers. He has been the mainstay of the team's twirling staff all year, and has turned in several creditable performances, the most notable being a two-hit game against Northeastern early in the season...
...score in an eleven inning struggle. The Marines defeated Harvard this spring when the Crimson once again sallied forth below the Mason and Dixon line. The final count was 6 to 3, but this year's Harvard team lost several valuable scoring opportunities through failure to hit when the bases were occupied. Howard Whitmore '29, will toe the rubber for the home team this afternoon and is counted on to throw a wrench into the smoothly-working Marine machine...
Perhaps hardest hit by the merger, however, was the German motor car industry which, with its largest unit (Opel) already a General Motors affiliate, and with one of its most menacing invaders (Ford) now backed by the resources of Germany's largest company, appeared more than ever unable to hold its own against U. S. competition. One outstanding difference between the General Motors-Opel and the Ford-I. G. F. arrangements was that General Motors bought into Opel, whereas I. G. F. bought into Ford. To discuss these international operations in warlike terms, the Ford-I. G. F. purchase...