Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...allowed, because the Crimson was definitely not in a scoring mood. No less than ten, Stahlmen were left stranded on the bases, and promising rallies died in the third, sixth , and seventh innings. Although the Crimson had at least one baserunner in every frame, they just couldn't push their runners around the base-paths to score...
...summer season, crimson fire bailer Jack Wallace paced himself well, allowing only seven hits while fanning seven men. He issued seven passes, but was in really hot water only once. This was in the ninth inning when Tufts filled the bases with none out, but managed to push across only...
...Illinois delegates to pledge for Truman. The Wallace men balked. Ed Kelly smoothly switched to his own Senator, Scott Lucas, of Illinois. By now the strategy of both camps was clear. The bosses would nominate all possible favorite sons, confuse and wear down the delegates, then try to push through Truman, or a compromise. The Wallace camp was holding firm, determined to switch...
...which had jumped off to such a promising start early in the week, had clanked to a grinding stop. Infantrymen, mopping up the ground taken, had es tablished a sound and useful bridgehead across the Orne River barrier, and the Allies were unquestionably in better position for the next push, but that was about...
...There were some reasons for the stoppage. The terrain was still tough for attack-but it will always be tough until the Allies can force a genuine breakthrough into the open country between Caen and Paris. The battleground was so restricted that German reconnaissance had ample warning of the push-but the battleground will always be restricted while the Allies remain bottled up on the Normandy peninsula. The weather was vile; dust-dry one day, bucketing rain the next two or three-but even the most loyal correspondents were weary of apologizing for the fighting weather...