Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With three days rest, the chances are that Quirk will be on the mound today; if not, righthander Dave Gavitt will handle the Indians' pitching duties...
...treacherous mountain paths with their incredible loads as they have for centuries. Today the sights and sounds of Nepal are still for the most part the timeless ones-stubby men in tiny houses, women carrying their children papoose-style, the faithful spinning the prayer wheels at the base of mound-shaped stupas, and old men talking endlessly about the possible existence of "the Thing"-the Abominable Snowman. If foreigners want to look for the Thing, they must pay a special 5,000-rupee fee (about $750) to the government, and promise not to shoot it dead, except in self-defense...
Four-game winner Dave Brigham will go to the mound for the home team, seeking to maintain his outstanding 1.73 league earned run average. Penn will probably start Junior Leonard Weed, whose knuckleball may spell trouble for the Crimson. The varsity batters have not made very inspiring showings against the "junk" pitchers that they have faced so far this year...
...that the government surveyor intended that a fence should be driven straight through a rath, or fairy fort. They promptly downed picks and shovels and folded their arms. Their foreman sent for a government inspector, a citified cynic who believed the rath was nothing more than an ancient burial mound. He suggested that the fence wire be strung over the rath instead of cutting through...
Dave Brigham, the fourth Crimson hurler of the afternoon, picked up his fifth win of the season easily by setting down B.C. in their last at bat. Preceding him on the mound for the varsity were starter Herb Scheiner, Steve Rhoades and Byron Johnson. Of these, only Johnson was effective...