Word: mitt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Lave Cross, famed baseball player, third baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics who lost the 1905 World's Series to McGraw's New York Giants; in Toledo. Though third baseman, he played his position with a catcher's mitt.- Died. Dr. Edward Wallace Lee, 68, famed railroad surgeon, one of those who attended President William McKinley at the assassination by one Leon Czologosz in 1901 at Buffalo;† at Randolph...
...Cross was originally a catcher. Shifted to third, he took his mitt with him. With this hamlike implement he was able to stop so many balls that the rule makers made a rule: "The catcher or the first baseman may wear a glove or mitt of any size, shape or weight. Every other player is restricted to the use of a glove or mitt weighing not over ten ounces and measuring not over 14 inches around the palm." tin the house where President McKinley died was born (20 years earlier) Devereux Milburn...
Behind the bat Henry Chauncey '27, veteran receiver and star of Coach Horween's eleven last fall will wear his mask and mitt. In addition to his ability as a signal-caller Chauncey swings a powerful bat from the port side of the plate...
...Catlett, who first gained great popularity a few years ago in "Sally," when he played a comedy part along with Leon Errol, has invented a number of widely used and expressive phrases Among them are "So's your old man," and "Press the flesh," "Give me five," and "Mitt me," the last three all invitations to shake hands...
...ball 300 yards; the grey goose shafts of Dr. Crouse winged from a bow that took a pull of 80 pounds to spring; the casts of 18-year-old Harkins flew 400 feet (he was far behind the rest, though for his tools he did better than any). Gehrig "mitt" smiled. and He took a "pegged" it. "pill" in his Farther than the bait, straighter than the drive, as swift as the arrow, flew his ball. On the ninth hole, by a single shot, he beat Diegel, received first prize - a golden wrist watch...