Word: pivoted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...years in the case of the electric light system, the city may take over the management itself or intrust it again to a corporation. In England the subject of municipal ownership is not really the point for dispute, but the question of the employment of municipal labor is the pivot on which the controversy must turn...
...infielding practice this week has been taken up entirely with pivot plays and sliding. In the pivot plays the work has been very encouraging and the throwing has improved. As was expected the batting of all the men fell off considerably. This slump, however, was due entirely to the use of the curves...
...work, practice has been given in bunting and base-slidding. The batting has continued promising in spite of an increase of speed by the pitchers, but the bunting is crude. Next week the pitchers will begin to use curves, and it is hoped that with the reduced squad simple pivot plays and catching men between bases can be commenced...
Next week more detailed work, such as sliding bases, pivot plays, and running men between bases will be started...
...afternoons, the squads have been drilled in ground balls, pivot and double plays: and in sliding and catching men between bases. Coach Frantz and Clarkson have done most of the coaching in these departments. The pitchers and catchers have also practiced every afternoon, and as yet no cut has been made in this squad...