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Word: pitcher (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cincinnati's Crosley Field last week, Pitcher Schoolboy Rowe, a lantern-jawed giant of a man, was in trouble. He glanced around, mopped his brow with his fingers. Two Cincinnati players were on base, and a dangerous man was stepping up to bat. Schoolboy fired the ball in toward the plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Sweat of His Brow | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

...piece de resistance--pugilism--almost came to pass when Bill Callagy, the Indians' losing pitcher, was restrained from committing mayhem on John Caulfield in the seventh inning of the finale...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Nine Divides with Indians Amid Squeezes, Rhubarbs, Fisticuffs | 5/15/1947 | See Source »

...first game was mild. Jim Dooley, Dartmouth right-hander, extended the Varsity's batting drought with a three-hit performance while his teammates rang up single tallies off Brendon Reilly in the first, third, and fourth frames. Relief pitcher Ira Godin was touched for the visitors' final two runs in the sixth...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Nine Divides with Indians Amid Squeezes, Rhubarbs, Fisticuffs | 5/15/1947 | See Source »

About the morning's 3 to 2 loss to Penn, Dolph said, "They definitely gave us more than we gave them. "Quaker pitcher Bill McCunney allowed only five hits but gave up eight bases on balls, to Jack Wallace's eight hits--two of the scratchy variety--and one walk...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Finale | 5/13/1947 | See Source »

Here Saturday on the Freshman diamond, there was only one major miscalculation in an otherwise tight ball game. With two down in the seventh, an Ell runner in an second, and the Crimson ahead 3 to 2, a conference between pitcher Johnny Hansen, Coach Moe Berg, and catcher Frank Crosby decided that it was the better part of something to walk second baseman Tippet for a crack at Nadherny. The Bull tagged the first pitch to deep right-center for a line triple and the ball game. According to Crosby, Tippet was a great hitter at Andover...

Author: By Robert W. Morgan jr., | Title: Finale | 5/13/1947 | See Source »

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