Word: pitcherful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this year's Yardling team has only three outstanding stars at this point, pitcher Andy Ward, outfielder-pitcher Bill Chauncey, and captain George MacDonald, the catcher. Coach Adolph Samborski, however, is the first to admit "that it's early in the season, and a lot of the boys are just getting started. We may have a few more stars later." With the exception of the three, the team is composed of good steady players, who can hit, field, and throw more than adequately, and who don't make big mistakes...
...better than the first. In the opener against Boston Teachers College, he struck out 16 and pitched eight innings of no-hit ball before tiring in the ninth and giving up two singles. Samborski feels that his shutout against Exeter was Ward's better performance. Usually a fast ball pitcher, Ward had excellent control of his breaking stuff, striking out 11 Exonians and giving up only three hits...
...military service. Even in that war year with the Cubs, he hit only a lackluster .245. The next season, warming the bench, he made a tight-lipped demand of Cub Manager Charlie Grimm: "If you can't play me, trade me." Grimm traded him to Brooklyn for Pitcher Bob Chipman in a deal that attracted very little attention. It was a deal that made Eddie Stanky...
Michelin's guide long ago solved the language problem by using symbols to describe hotels and restaurants. A man in a rocking chair indicates a peaceful locality; a spigot, a hotel which has cold running water only; a pitcher, no running water at all. A candle tells the tourist that a place has no electricity, a radiator that there is central heating. There is a symbol for a bathroom; "Le w.c." says one Michelin editor professionally, "c'est très important" Aside from its stars, the Michelin guide has special symbols for restaurants-five pairs of crossed...
Beanball. In Chicago, Milkman William Arneson spotted a thief running away from his delivery truck with a crate of eggs and 13 pounds of butter, knocked him out by hurling a half-gallon bottle of milk, proudly identified himself to police as pitcher for the Bowman Dairy Baseball Team...