Word: twirler
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this season has stamped him as one of the best college pitchers in the country, will be available again, and Slater, who was used in several of the mid-week games this year, will also be in College. Hicks, the Freshman pitcher, only needs experience to become a remarkable twirler and will be a valuable substitute. In addition, there are Bush '09, Lincoln '08, and Lanigan '10, all of whom will be tried...
Then the fatal inning came and nine journalists walked across the end of all travels. The muckers stopped their yap, the aesthetic authors vanished to their--verse, the fire-crackers were put under the bench. The lead was never overcome, the CRIMSON's star twirler toyed with the heart-sick jokers, and our much-beloved, versatile, admiring, fellow-slingers of the ink bit the dust...
...wearers of the "C" are formidable, and never allow a pitched ball to go by them, being especially effective on high balls. The Lampoons have been batting a great deal lately, but they will be no match for the scientific curves of the CRIMSON'S twirler...
...break in the CRIMSON'S long line of annual victories will be possible, as the CRIMSON'S captain said in an interview late last night: "We have never had a better nucleus for a team than we have in Foster, our crack twirler, and we should double the score of 28 to 7 made last year." Several umpires have been engaged, but it has not yet been decided in what order they will be used...