Word: sluggers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Howard has also come to the fore in the past few days after being kept out of the line-up for over a week on account of illness. He was the individual star of the 1927 infield and an effective hitter of the slugger type. His batting eye has developed slowly this spring, presumably because of his enforced vacation from practice, but his fielding has been of a high order. Coady has seemingly clinched the first base position. He did not play on his Freshman team last year on account of scholastic troubles, but he has already distanced his competitors...
Carlson, captain of football this year and baseball last season, is the leading slugger of the Boston team. W. Murphy, football captain-elect, Captain Sessler, and Higginbotham, a three year veteran, are other headliners. MacDonald, who pitched the last half of the 1924 game, is scheduled to start in the box today...
Died. Fred Hillerich, 90, pioneer baseball bat manufacturer, maker of the famed "Louisville Slugger" used by many major league players; at Louisville, Ky., from complications following a fractured...
Siki showed nothing to warrant the serious attention that has been accorded his abilities. He is a wild, awkward slugger. When his blows do land, they lack abrupt decision. Ills chief merit is ceaseless courage...
...good many years ago there was a baseball game between Minneapolis and the National League, a close and fiercely fought game. With the score four to three in the last inning and the bases full, a valiant slugger sidled to the plate to save the fair name of his team. Whether or not the umpire was crosseyed, he called the first two pitches strikes. The crowd howled for umpire blood, but the batter only entrenched himself more deeply and juggled his bat into a better position. Then came the next ball: a mighty swing, and Casey...