Word: misplay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sixth canto, a base on balls, an error, and four safe blows by the Crimson apparently put the game on ice, but he Tufts batters rallied dangerously in the ninth. Three runs on four hits and a misplay were chalked up, before Ingalls' fast ball subdued the Jumbos...
Lady Blakeney is actually guiltless when her husband first suspects her but circumstances force her into a misplay. Her French brother is in danger. The bad Ambassador of the French Republic (Raymond Massey) promises to spare his life if Lady Blakeney will help him unmask the Scarlet Pimpernel. Lady Blakeney does so, but when she learns that the Pimpernel is Sir Percy, she has a fever of remorse. She follows Sir Percy to France, gets there in time to see him neatly foil a firing squad...