Word: struck
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...runner out. The next victim fanned the air. A third went to the plate with a stately tread. It was a sky-rocket, not long but high. That little black sphere in the center of the big shining orb was coming down to mother earth, but it never struck because Orrin Day (second baseman) was in the way. The impact knocked him over, but he held up the ball and the game...
...Forest Hills. Soon after leaving the armory the horse broke into a dead run, the rest of the party not realizing, however, that Savage's mount was running away until he was several blocks distant. Near the corner of Brookline street a trolley car is alleged to have struck the horse, killing the animal instantly and throwing the rider to the ground. The latter was immediately conveyed to a nearby firehouse, where first aid was administered and an ambulance telephoned for, which took him to the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital near the Medical School...
...copies were struck off of "The Beach of Falesa," and these were used only for purposes of copyright. The book, which is cheaply bound, was recently sold at auction in London for $800. A few years later, however, Stevenson incorporated the story, with "The Bottle Imp" and "The Isle of Voices," into "Island's Nights Entertainments." The edition of ten was the only ever printed of "The Beach of Falesa" as a separate volume. It was published by Cassell and Company of London in 1892, and has many variations from the narrative as it appeared in the later collection. Many...
...University pitcher again took a large part in securing a victory for his team when Mahan faced Pennsylvania at Philadelphia Saturday, for he struck out 11 men, allowed only three scattered hits, drove in two runs himself, and secured a 4 to 0 shut...
...section comprises about 30 automobiles, with American volunteer workers. During the heavy fighting about Verdun several of their cars were struck by splinters of shells, but no casualties resulted...