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At first, it was as awkward as a righthander trying to pitch lefthanded. The trick was to thump the board hard enough with his 135 lbs. to get up high in the air. His weak leg limited him to an hour and a half's practice a day; he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off on the Right Foot | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

He plays a lot of middle-70 golf (he bats and chops wood lefthanded, golfs and throws right-handed).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Everybody's Ballplayer | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

Left Bank. In Chattanooga, a bank ordered printed for a southpaw depositor a "lefthanded" check book, with checks on the left, stubs on the right.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 26, 1945 | 3/26/1945 | See Source »

¶ By Sportswriter Bill Corum (Hearst): "Governor Warren is lefthanded. This should account for the left-wing vote. But if the Governor is adamant about not running, the ticket-makers might do worse than try Babe Ruth. Babe has a big following and also would be popular with the southpaws...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Seals at Chicago | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

> Henry Wallace still turns out at 6 o'clock to get in a few sets of tennis. On the courts of Washington's Wardman Park Hotel, he plays (lefthanded) a hard-plugging but ungraceful game with his sister or brother-in-law, Swiss Minister Charles Brugmann, occasionally matches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Follow the Leader | 6/21/1943 | See Source »

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