Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mound in the first inning, lumbering Bobo paused and scratched a "G" and an "N" in the dirt along the third-base path. The initials were for his son Gary, 6, and wife Nan, who were sitting in the stands along with a hard core of 2,471 other drizzle-soaked Browns fans. Inning after inning, Bobo went through the initial-scratching routine just once. But inning after inning, mixing fast balls, curves and sinkers, Bobo set the Athletics down. By the fifth, it began to occur to the fans that Rookie Holloman hadn't give...
...heaved a huge sigh. In the ninth, the pressure finally began to unsettle Bobo just a little. He walked the first man on four straight pitches, issued three more balls to the next batter. Manager Marion was so jittery that he could not bring himself to go to tie mound to try and settle Bobo down. Old Pitching Pro Harry ("The Cat") Brecheen went out to the mound to talk Bobo out of his nervousness. Bobo threw a strike, then another ball, and he had two Athletics on the bases. The next batter hit into a double play...
...freshman nine also plays today, meeting Cushing Academy at Soldiers Field at 3 p.m. Coach Adolph Samborski will start either Ken Rossano or Bob Kessler on the mound...
...baseball game taking place this afternoon at Soldiers Field, Battledore K. Pressbane will lead the forces of farce in an attempt to overthrow a 23 year string of CRIMSON victories. Ace flinger Michael "Maggot" Maggoby, 200 pound two year old, will hurl from the mound for the newshounds...
McInnis is undecided about his starting battery. Either John Arnold or Bob Ward will start on the mound, and sophomore George McDonald may take over catching chores for regular backstop Dick Clasby...