Word: strongly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...major arguments in favor of the step are two. Many familiar with the sight of a first-class pitcher who has allowed three hits in seven innings being removed from the line-up to allow a strong hitter to toe the plate. Mr. Heydler's plan would allow the pinch-hitter and keep the pitcher in the game. Besides the elimination of this handicap to a team, Mr. Heydler points out that his plan would speed up ball games by doing away with the annoying delays of getting a pitcher ready to hit, and getting him a sweater when...
...single explanation has yet been found for these movements, but they have been attributed to various causes, such as the dashing of the waves on the coast, rippling movements in the ground caused by strong winds, temperature changes, barometric changes, and like phenomena...
...justified, up to the end of the Civil War. But now that all China except Manchuria is nominally at peace and consolidated under the Nationalist State (TIME, Oct. 29) it is news that the Red Cross is still holding aloof. Correspondents received from Judge Payne, last week, the strong impression that he is acting upon advice from the State Department. The Chinese Nationalist Government has been formally recognized by the State Department (TIME...
...first important All-American selections-those submitted last week by the New York Evening Sun and Post-were agreed that Otto Pommerening of Michigan should be left tackle, Henry R. Fund of Georgia Tech, center, Seraphim Post, of Stanford, right guard, Howard Harpster, of Carnegie Tech, quarterback, Kenneth Strong of N. Y. U. and Christian Cagle of Army, halfbacks. For fullback, Scull of Penn and Carroll of Washington were leading...
...seem to take the game as seriously as their rivals; nor did it appear necessary for them to do so. It was like watching the Princeton Varsity play against St. Mark's. A great horde filled the Yankee Stadium to watch the Oregon Aggies stop Ken Strong, push over the supposedly indestructible N. Y, U. line and score 25 points...