Word: rightness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...infield playing close so as to be able to field a grounder home, Cub Short-stop English boneheaded to second. Pitcher Earnshaw of Philadelphia tired but his successor, muscular Robert Moses Grove, proved that a good left-handed pitcher can do better than tradition says against a team of right-handed hitters. Athletics 9, Cubs...
Fifth Game. President Hoover, after watching a pitcher's battle apparently won by Pat Malone (Chicago), was getting up to go when Philadelphia's "Mule" Haas came up to bat in the ninth inning and knocked a straight pitch over the right field fence, bringing in Bishop and tying the score. By slaps and gesticulations, since words could not be heard, Cubs tried to make Malone feel better, but his nerve was gone. He took a long breath, got rid of Mickey Cochrane on a grounder; burly Simmons doubled. Joe McCarthy signalled to pass Foxx. While the crowd...
Punter Bruder's right leg got Northwestern close enough to score on Wisconsin; when he broke his left leg the line managed to stand on their own. Northwestern 7, Wisconsin...
...They've taken eight boilers out of her, and replaced them with two to do the same work. That shows you what steps have been made in engineering since she was built in 1907," he continued. "Right now we are cleaning the ship up, and preparing for visitors on Navy Day, which will be celebrated Monday, October...
Strangely enough the score board in the Stadium is equipped with no device which can give out this information. There is a small space in the lower right hand corner of the board which is apparently reserved for time, but it is just as apparently never used. Even in the press box, special messages from the side lines are necessary to keep the scribes in touch with the progress of the periods...