Word: hitting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...making moving pictures of a comic order three kinds of pies are used, one solid and two edible. The solid pie is made of upholstery and is used for long shots, but even on the long shots the closeup, showing the hit, is made with real pie. The two varieties of edible pie are custard and blackberry. Custard is more splashy; blackberry, by its color, photographs more vividly...
...outside world has no conception of the importance of pie in a comedy. . . . . When it is realized that at least ten pies are thrown to record a perfect hit one may realize the custard condition of the set after a furious bombardment of five or ten minutes. . . . The whole place is ankle deep...
...last in 60 representative colleges and universities. The loss has not been confined to the men who have gone into national service after admission to the undergraduate classes but has also included a diminution of more than 3,000 in this year's entering class. The colleges have been hit, therefore, in their source of supply as well as in their main reservoir...
...University players started scoring in the first inning. On an error, L. B. Evans '20, reached second base, and scored on a sacrifice hit, followed by a single by L. P. Jones '19. Again in the third inning, Jones led off with his second single, and before the inning was over three runs had come in through three singles, a stolen base, and an error...
...Wolverton '20 led off with a single and then stole second. Evans knocked a long fly to center field which Larkin dropped. An error by shortstop brought Wolverton home and placed Evans on third. H. C. Ward '20 singled, and he and Evans scored by means of a hit, a fielder's choice, and a sacrifice...