Word: lucke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Baseball endears itself to the U. S. public because it is a game of figures, but the statistics of Hubbell's record, though they do not lie, tell only part of his story. The co-holders of the record for consecutive pitching victories were aided either by luck, strong batting by teammates, or weak opposition. Hubbell's victories have been, almost without exception, against the best pitchers in the league. In most of them his teammates made less than five runs. All 16 were achieved in the thick of an uphill fight to win the Pennant...
...team that wins a league pennant is capable of beating any other team. In a four-game series the element of luck often is the determining factor. Witness the example of Fitzimmons' pitching in the third game or specific instances like Whitehead's grab of De Maggio's line drive in the opener...
Talk from Amherst sound big, but to Huey, who has no Fearon that account, that just Amherst-like jingoism. Lady Luck will double-cross Jordan today, for Newcomb-ers will have Watt I call rude a Wilkening, Visitors' hope will deKlein, and then they Lamb out of here quick. It Snow-ball game to Harvard--just more practice. Huey sees Winter day by Adlis 19-0 score. Also if Yanks not too Rolfe with bats, Fitzsimmons Ott to take third game of ball, Landis means series goes to Giants. Score today, Giants 5, Yanks...
Chief Boston of Providence and Cliff Wilson were unknown to each other before entering College last year. Thrown together as roommates by the luck of the University Hall sweepstakes the first year, the friendly rivals decided it was kind of fun to return to the same room after trying their best to demote each other to the B team earlier in the day, and so again the boys have teamed up in Winthrop House for the year...
...manuscripts already completed. His problem (and Max Perkins's) is to fit them in with other things he has done. A lot of his work has been wasted because they can't see how to fit it in with the rest. But with a great deal of good luck the larger part of it will eventually find publication and most of the gaps in Mr. Wolfe's great catalogue of America will be filled...