Word: spectacularisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...showed its superiority decisively. With two out in the first inning, Lindley the visitor's second baseman, smashed out a triple, but Knowlton brought the inning to a close immediately afterwards, robbing Hatcher of a single by a spectacular stop of a grounder over second base...
...innings the teams fought back and forth, neither side being able to score. Then in the first of the sixth, Woodruff, the visitors' center fielder, started the inning off with a scorching liner to center. Wood landed hard on the next ball, but Burgess made a spectacular catch that brought the first out. Cameron, the next batter, swung viciously and rapped out a liner between left and center which gave him ample time to come home before the ball was relayed in. Two more singles and a pass filled the bases...
...yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field, the Purple finally winning by the scant margin of two runs to one. It was a pitching battle all the way between Herrmann and Clement, both men holding their opponents to six singles. Clark played a brilliant game for the Crimson by making several spectacular catches that deprived the Purple of apparently sure runs. Buck was the individual star for the visitors, cutting short the University's one opportunity to tie the score in the last of the seventh by scooping up a hard-hit liner by Gordon just before the ball touched the ground...
Bowdoin has shown its strength particularly in two contests, with Wesleyan and the University of Maine. The latter it defeated by the score of 5 to 0. The victory over Wesleyan was gained yesterday in a spectacular ten inning contest. Southwick started on the mound for Bowdoin, but was early replaced by Johnson. In the tenth, with the score tied at 2 to 2, the latter punched out a home run that gave Bowdoin a well-earned victory...
...feature to be noted in a review of the 1922-23 Metropolitan season is the large number of performances and of operas performed. In 23 weeks Mr. Gatti gave 169 performances of 40 different operas. When you con sider the amount of preparation and rehearsal that even a moderately spectacular opera needs, these are stunning figures. Morale. Now, if you strolled casually into the artists' entrance of the opera house during the height of the season and observed the laughing, joking, careless manner of the groups of singers and musicians whom you would encounter, you might easily vow that...