Word: knocked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That's the way the game stood until the eight, when Bob Moeller singled, stole second and scored on pinch-hitter Wilson's one base knock. This run ended the scoring for the afternoon, and although the Terps threatened in each of the overtime frames, the necessary punch to drive in the winning tally was sadly lacking...
...Pirates are looking better. Part-Owner Crosby seemed pleased with them, and the feeling was mutual. In pre-game practice at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field, the Pirates obligingly rifled 80% of their hits squarely at Bing. Crosby, a fair country ballplayer, stopped the ones that wouldn't knock out his front teeth, clowned on the rest of them. He hit fungoes, played around with a catcher's mitt (see cut). Then Bing watched morosely while his peanut-jinxed Pirates lost to the Chicago Cubs, 4-3. A week later the Pirates took on the Cleveland Indians...
Forrestal's decision to knock J.C.S. heads together and get them to agree on a general plan for the nation's defense was the climax of months of wrangling. It followed two stern warnings, the first from the Finletter Commission (TIME, Jan. 19), the second from the more recent report of the Congressional Aviation Policy Board. Said the congressional report: "Unyielding adherence to service loyalties at the expense of national security is a luxury the nation can no longer afford." To these rebukes, outspoken Carl Hinshaw, vice chairman of the congressional board, last week added another: "Our country...
...Ropes. "The steel grey market is on the ropes," crowed Iron Age. "One more heavy punch will knock it out." Steel, which would have been snapped up a month ago despite fantastic prices, was now going begging, the magazine found. But it also found steel in the regular market as short as ever...
...Drohan, ranking diver who lost only once this year in regular competition, has an outside chance to knock off Sper, a consistent winner ever since his schoolboy days...