Word: pinches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...major arguments in favor of the step are two. Many familiar with the sight of a first-class pitcher who has allowed three hits in seven innings being removed from the line-up to allow a strong hitter to toe the plate. Mr. Heydler's plan would allow the pinch-hitter and keep the pitcher in the game. Besides the elimination of this handicap to a team, Mr. Heydler points out that his plan would speed up ball games by doing away with the annoying delays of getting a pitcher ready to hit, and getting him a sweater when...
...Failure to meet the first of these conditions will mean the loss of the gift--a quarter of the entire sum needed. It is not enough that the friends of Harvard discharge their responsibility eventually They must discharge it quickly, or become members of that unfortunate class, the pinch-hitters who failed...
...Barbee '28, star Crimson hurler who has been out with a lame back, appeared as a pinch-hitter for John Prior '29 in the sixth inning. He hit one a mile high to the infield and left the game...
...Barbee '28, one of the leaders of college pitching last season, has already cut two notches on his record of victories. Virginia and Georgetown having fallen before his skill. On the spring trip last year Duplin of Georgetown, then a substitute, came through with a hit in the pinch which lost the game for the Harvard hurler. In the meeting last week Duplin, as regular left fielder, contributed three of his team's 12 hits...
...Even pinch-dollar voyagers who count the cost of a first class passage must admit that last week the S. S. Majestic gave surplus value for her $265 minimum first class fare. The bonus was in the form of a spry though greying couple who appeared on the passenger list as "Mr. and Mrs, John Robinson." On the third night out John Robinson mounted the Majesties concert platform and cried genially: "Look here, you people, I am Henry Ford and I will show you how to amuse yourselves in the proper way. What about old-fashioned dances...