Word: tosses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second in the fourth inning. Ray got a hit to center, and stole second while Daker was striking out. With two down, it seemed that Toulmin had pitched himself out of a bad hole, but he reversed his luck on the next play when he foozled Tobin's toss to catch the runner at first, and two runs scored. Captain Hammond followed this with his only error of the game and when Toulmin passed Moulton, the bases were filled. The Crimson hurler rose to the occasion, however, and struck out Hamilton, his rival on the mound...
With Miller, Peck, and Chase in the 100-yard dash the Crimson sprinters should clean up. In the longer sprint Miller and Lundell should turn in the same story, as well as Allen and Kane in the 440. It is a toss-up whether Allen or Kane will break the tape...
...toward bad little boys; he made good reading of them. Nevertheless, many urchins since have unwittingly assumed the habits of his tatterdemalions without their redeeming graces; the U. S. is full of juveniles?some of native, some of alien, some of unknown parentage?who are quick to become dicers, toss-pots and wastrels if steps are not taken to make them demean themselves with proper decorum. Last week, two movements were set afoot which will doubtless greatly further the moral education of these Huckleberry Finns? Polish, Jewish, Italian, Irish and American...
...shooting of a single basket. The girls then played four more extra periods, making a total of eleven, and still no one could score a goal. At this point the referee, frightened by the weary, wilted appearance of the young women, ordered them to decide the contest by the toss of a penny. "Heads," cried the captain of the Kensal team in a thin voice. The referee moved the palm of one hand from the back of the other, exposed the stern profile of an Indian. Kensal...
There will never be a case tried, whether you win or lose, after which you won't lie in bed and toss while you think of the things you could have done, the things you left unsaid...