Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more unique runs were tallied in the fifth in which batting played only a minor part. Gordon was walked and advanced to second by Jenkins, who reached first on an error by the pitcher; a double steal put the two runners on second and third and a wild pitch brought them home...
...were walked, three singles and a double smashed out in rapid succession, and the nine retired only after four runs had been tallied. The visitors final run, which came in the seventh was the showpiece of the day. O'Brien was walked, made second on a wild pitch, was permitted to visit third on fielders choice, and still not content, stole home...
...game the advantage lay with B. U. and their batsmen, seemingly well satisfied, with Hill's deliveries, gathered five hits as compared to the University's two in the first four innings. In the fifth they got his range completely when Crosson advanced to second on a wild pitch and was brought tearing home by Sessler, who however was caught out at first. Summers' hit, followed immediately by Williamson's two-base clout, brought in another run. The sixth opened with a forecast of even worse things when Carlson cracked out a home run making the score 3-0. Small...
...true that many people can hear the radio who cannot detect ordinary sounds. This is due, apparently, only to the high pitch of the sound emitted by radio receivers. The radio telephone, however, may prove useful in training partly deaf persons to hear...
...tone of the play as a whole. The closing speech where Lady Remenham, a close friend of the family, on being informed of the broken engagement, remarks "Geoffrey, dear, tell them to put up my carriage, I shall stay to lunch"-admirably characterizing as it is-sets the pitch of the entire performance. In such a setting, the ranting of "Mrs. Borridge" is as out of place as a jazz band at a prayer meeting. Author and producer alike seem to have flown off the handle after two and a half hours of the finest comedy...