Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson's centerfield position may have another gardener today if Ricker decides to pitch a left-hander. After using Charlie Walsh, Dick Clasby, and Bob Smith there last Saturday, McInnis may insert sophomore Dick Scheer against a port-sider. Otherwise, the line-up will remain the same as usual, with the exception of shortstop. There, junior Walt Greeley may get the nod in place of Ed Krinsky...
...bottom of the seventh the Crimson mentor used four pinch hitters, all pitchers and got back a run on three walks and a wild pitch...
Marilyn Shotz, a member of Boris Goldowsky's Opera Workshop, was outstanding as July. Her pitch was always accurate, despite the frequent absence of orchestral accompaniment, and she showed great acting ability...
...London time one misty afternoon last week, exactly on schedule, the commercial jet air age began. The dolphin-bodied de Havilland jet liner Comet got the take-off signal, swept down the runway at London Airport, its four turbines whistling a high pitch, and climbed seven miles into the air carrying a full load of 36 passengers, six crewmen and 30 bags of mail. The next day, as thousands watched at Johannesburg's Palmietfontein Airport, the silver and blue BOAC jet streaked down, ending its 6,724-mile trip. Total elapsed time: 23 hours, 38 minutes. This...
...walled city of Cassano, imperfection reaches a fine pitch. Policeman Nespoli's mistress is willing to put the blame on her husband, recently dead, to save her lover's head. Her stepson, Diomede, fearful of losing his inheritance, buys the testimony of a prostitute that his late father spent the murder night with her. The prostitute, egged on by a money-mad sister, sells conflicting testimony to the boy's aunt. A kindly priest is torn by the Prince's demand that he tell the secrets of the confessional. Alone among the townspeople, Sperone, a poor...