Word: homeric
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Crimson scrubs gave an exhibition of heavy hitting at the times when hits meant runs. Cooper knocked a triple in the third, scoring three. Two more tallies were made in the eighth inning when Norris hit a homer and scored Cooper...
...seconds started the scoring in the first when two men got on by errors and were knocked in when Norris cleared the bases with a homer. In the next inning the schoolboys gained the lead by scoring four runs on three errors and two hits, while the fourth added two more runs to the Brockton score. The fourth was the big inning. Three timely hits, loose pitching, and some costly errors brought in six Brockton runners bringing the score up to 12-3 but at this point Brown went in and put and end to the home team's scoring...
...watercolor by Winslow Homer representing Fishing Boats, Key West, and painted doubtless during the winter of 1903 and 1904 which Homer spent at Key West, has just been loaned to the Fogg Art Museum. The picture bears the artist's initials but is not dated. Homer's tropical scenes rank perhaps among his finest works. Mr. Downes in his book on Homer says, "For pure beauty of colour and light they have never been surpassed, and it is hard to believe that they ever...
...cannot help wondering what Poe would have written of "Helen of Troy, latest vaudeville dance drama" which was recently put on the stage in New York. It is characterized as "fine art and excellent entertainment, swiftly and colorfully telling the greatest story in the world of poetry." Homer alive, and in a nutshell! The age or miracles and--for some of us--scepticism, is not altogether past. And Poe is out-Heroded by the press agent...
...seconds first scored in the sixth when Keegan got to first on an error by the pitcher, stole two bases and came home on a wild pitch. In the next in-ning Cooper continued the work by pounding out a homer...