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...game is beisbol. The lanzador stands on the lomita and throws the pelota to the bateador, who tries to hit it over the heads of the jardineros with a mighty swing of his palo. If he hits it over the fence, he gets a cuadrangular and the home-town fanáticos go wild with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bateador of the Giants | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

...baseball. Not since Fireball Bob Feller was an apple-cheeked Iowa schoolboy had they seen anything like Pettit. But by the laws of organized baseball it was taboo to discuss such down-to-earth matters as money with Pettit until his schooling was finished at Narbonne High in Lomita, Calif. While the scouts were counting the days until the 18-year-old pitcher graduated, they learned something that made them dry-mouthed and white-lipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bonus Baby | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

...Lomita, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 27, 1948 | 12/27/1948 | See Source »

...Willebrandt was not alone in the public eye. Newshawks penetrated to the village of Lomita, suburb of Los Angeles, to interview and photograph a schoolteacher named Arthur F. Willebrandt, 40 years old, with a pompadour. Court records show that Arthur F. Willebrandt divorced "M. Elizabeth Willebrandt" in 1925. The disguised name was Mrs. Willebrandt's idea. Mr. Willebrandt's grounds were amicable. He charged desertion after they had been separated some eight years. She did not contest the suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Worker Willebrandt | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

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