Word: leaguered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most cases the difference between a major league player and a minor leaguer lies in his brain power. The man in the minor league may be able to bat a ball as far, run just as fast, and throw a ball as hard as the major league man, but usually his mind is not as alert as the man in the higher league. Most ball players must play for serveral years in the minors before they can find a permanent, job in one of the major leagues. This is not true so much in the case of college men, because...
...first game. President Coolidge tossed in the first ball. Walter Johnson pitched for Washington, left-handed Nehf for the Giants. The game was tied in the 12th inning. Then Johnson allowed his pitches to deviate. He hit Gowdy, let Pitcher Nehf single and walked Bentley. A "Texas leaguer" and a long fly did the rest. Score: New York 4, Washington...
Near the inn, in fishermen's dwellings, bungalows, and a row of neat Summer cottages, dwells the heterogeneous, shifting "student body." Coming and going, staying or leaving, are members of both sexes and various generations?novelists, doctors, lawyers, merchants, a playwright who challenges the lecturers, a Lucy Stone Leaguer, a judge from South Carolina who calls himself a "Freshman at 60" because he is going to school at the University of South Carolina...
...scored when Slayton hit a liner to right field. Verigan fielded a grounder by Todd poorly and the third Crimson run crossed the plate. Both Todd and Field, who reached first on a single to center, scored when Allen placed the ball over second for a perfect texas leaguer. The rally closed on a fly to left field by Maher, having netted five runs...
...seconds came right back in the second half of the frame. Gardner, first man on the batting order, worked a base on balls, and completed the circuit on a hit by Thomas which the right fielder found difficulty in handling. Lucas brought Thomas in immediately afterwards with a texas-leaguer...