Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...baseball team defeated Milton Academy, 3 to 1, at Milton, yesterday afternoon. The victory was due, in the main, to superior batting by the Freshmen, who found Tisdale for eight hits, in spite of the latter's exceptional performance of 17 strike-outs. Leighton pitched for the Freshmen, and disposed of nine of the Milton batters who faced him, maintaining a steady average throughout the game. For the Freshmen, Kerr did particularly well, securing three hits out of three times at bat, and scoring two runs. For Milton, Tisdale was conspicuous for his performance...
...reversible versatility of Bishop, the Kansan whirlwind, who filled both positions of pitcher and catcher with the utmost nonchalance. In the final inning Captain Ingram reached third on errors for which the candidates were awarded ten points credit, and was brought home with the winning run by Rich's strike...
...keeps the balloon steady. They rise to a height of 2,000 or 3,000 feet and are connected by a cable to an automobile. The cable has a telephone wire inside so that the operators in the balloon can telephone where they observe the shot to strike. The heads of the foreign armies and navies assert that the saving of ammunition from one day's observation will more than take care of the cost of the kite balloon. The balloons which the Aircraft Company is now constructing are for the United States Navy and are made to be towed...
...distinct disadvantage throughout the West. The adoption of the New Plan examinations, though an excellent step so far as it goes, does not completely cope with the situation, because the mere existence of examinations whose requirements are couched in the formidable language of the Catalogue is enough to strike terror to the hearts of those who are not accustomed to them...
...close of the meeting Paul Blanchard said a few words on the present Nashua strike and made an appeal for financial support for the sufferers...