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Hugh O'Brian, who plays Wyatt Earp, only wears one Buntline Special and some kind of Colt sidearm. Please look into this matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 20, 1959 | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...Phillies. Last fall Roberts surprised his old coach by stopping off in Ann Arbor and asking permission to work out with the Michigan pitchers. Puzzled, Fisher said, "Sure." He watched Roberts throw a few. Fisher saw right away that the familiar three-quarters motion had been replaced by a sidearm delivery; Roberts was unconsciously favoring a sore arm. Fisher walked over. "Robby," he said, "you've changed your delivery, haven't you?" Roberts smiled with relief. "That's what I wanted to know," he said. "You know, in Philadelphia I'm Robin Roberts, and they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Whole Story of Pitching | 5/28/1956 | See Source »

Juniors Dom Repetto, a sidearm righthander with a good fast ball, southpaw Joel Bernstein, and Bob McGinnis, along with sophomores Dave Brigham and Don Hoffman also figure high in Shepard's mound plans...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Southern Road Trip Will Test Nine | 3/27/1956 | See Source »

...Ramblers against the Fallen (Nev.) Merchants in the Sierra Nevada League he will never forget. Verdi's starting pitcher walked the first three men up. "Then they took him out for wildness and put me in," Frank recalls. Frank's best pitch in those days was a sidearm fast ball, thrown with a kind of rural free delivery-sometimes the ball went all over the countryside. His first pitch caught the batter in the back, forcing in a run. His second hit the next batter, and forced in another run. "Hey Rube," enraged Fallon fans screamed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publisher's Letter, Jul. 11, 1955 | 7/11/1955 | See Source »

...Sidearm. In Antwerp, Belgium, Soldier Hendrik Verheyen was court-martialed and sentenced to 13 months in prison for stealing his unit's cannon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 13, 1954 | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

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