Word: sidearms
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...women's champion of the world now," crowed Robert L. Riggs, 55, about his $12,500 win over Margaret Smith Court, 30. Serving taunting sidearm twisters, sky-high lobs and-surprise!-zinging aces, Riggs took just 57 minutes to defeat Mrs. Court, the current queen of women's tennis...
...hardest workers on the team. He frequently warmed up in the bullpen in the late innings of games he wasn't pitching, and sometimes he even threw on the sidelines while his team was at bat in games he was pitching. Collins had relied on his sidearm delivery to surprise batters the year before, but he worked this season on his overhand delivery so that the sidearm became a more versatile weapon...
Harvard collected 11 hits off right hander Bruce Villenenve. including a ninth inning home-run by Dan DeMichele but the sidearm specialist stranded 13 Harvard runners...
Collins, originally slated for long relief roles, earned the starting berth when he held Princeton to one hit in 51/3 innings. The junior hurler has yielded only one run in 16 innings this spring. Park attributes Collins' success to his strong sidearm delivery...
...Drysdale took the mound, National League batsmen made certain they stayed good and loose at the plate. "I've never thrown deliberately at a batter's head in my life," the 6-ft. 6-in. pitcher once said. What he unquestionably did do was snap off blazing sidearm fastballs and dancing curves with bullwhip fury. In the process, he set a lifetime league record for most hit batsmen (154). This year, the overpowering ace of the Los Angeles Dodger staff proved he had as much guts as the batters who had faced him during the past 13 seasons...