Even a city of thirty thousand might have six baseball teams, sponsored by grocers and hardware merchants or department stores, that played two or three times a week throughout the summer, usually in the cool of the evening, before an earnest and partisan audience who did not begrudge a quarter each, or even more, to be dropped into a hat when the game was half over.

* The " Selmer-Maccaferri guitar " is usually played by those who follow the style of Django Reinhardt.

Lawn bowls is usually played on a large, rectangular, precisely levelled and manicured grass or synthetic surface known as a bowling green which is divided into parallel playing strips called rinks.

The game is played usually to 21-up in Singles and Doubles format with some competitions playing to 31-up.

Although Douglas was always second billed under Lancaster in these films, their roles were usually more or less the same size with the exceptions of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and in Seven Days in May, where Douglas ' part was larger than Lancaster's but not as dramatic.

The guitar is usually played with much use of fast ( un-muted ) tremolo picking.

Gaming machines, such as slot machines and pachinko, are usually played by one player at a time and do not require the involvement of casino employees to play.

Wisdom's films, in which he usually played a family man worker who outsmarts his boss, were some of the few Western films considered acceptable by the country's communist rulers, thus Albanians grew familiar and attached to Wisdom.

These games usually require no materials, and are played with spoken words or hand gestures.

It can be played anywhere, but it's usually done in a roda.

Since the end of Capoeira prohibition, knifes or razors are unlikely to come around the roda, so usually this toque is played only in some presentations.

( Despite the name " street craps ," this game is often played in houses, usually on an uncarpeted garage or kitchen floor.

If one set is played, the pieces usually go into the opponent's starting corner, and the number of pieces per side is often increased to 15 ( instead of the usual 10 ).

If three sets are played, the pieces usually go into the opponent's starting corners.

The role of midwife is usually played by a female deity, like the spider woman of Native American mythology.

Drums are usually played by the hand, or by one or two sticks.

Prior to the mid-20th century, double bass strings were usually made of gut, but since that time, steel strings have largely replaced gut strings, because steel strings hold their pitch better and yield more volume when played with the bow.

In popular music genres, the instrument is usually played with amplification and almost exclusively played with the fingers, pizzicato style.

Kaye usually played a manic, dark-haired, fast-talking Russian in these low-budget shorts, opposite young hopefuls June Allyson or Imogene Coca.

A drum kit is usually played seated on a drum stool or throne.

It is usually played with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than either trumpets or cornets ( though not as conical as a horn mouthpiece ).

Matches in the FA Cup are usually played at the home ground of one of the two teams.

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick.

Selmer-Maccaferri guitars are usually played by those who follow the style of Django Reinhardt.

The harlequin, a comedic character usually depicted in checkered patterned clothing, became a personal symbol for Picasso.

His childlike mannerisms and natural comedic charm ( he had no previous acting experience ) made him a hit with audiences, particularly children and women ( the latter usually finding the trio's humor juvenile and uncouth ).

While there are comedic legal dramas that usually deal less with murder cases and more on cases that deal with issues such as divorce, sex, cheating and accidents portrayed in a comedic fashion.

However, the comedic elements are usually written for the guests and hosts.

These kinds of sexual themes or undertones can usually be found in comedic Shōnen / Seinen manga and harem anime.

Kura Ge can usually be seen with a wooden sign hung around his neck that read feeble pointers or, more often than not, comedic statements.

Their plays or skits are usually completely student written, and are well known for their edgy comedic content.

Thus, Paramount repurposed them as a one-dimensional nuisance, and plots involving them were usually comedic ones.

These are often depicted with very strong martial arts abilities, sports talent, high intelligence, or comedic flair, traits that are usually assigned to the hero / protagonist.

Lyrically, psychobilly bands tend to favor topics and imagery drawn from horror, science fiction and exploitation films, violence, lurid sexuality, and other taboo topics, usually presented in a comedic or tongue-in-cheek fashion reminiscent of the camp aesthetic.

In the March 13 episode of Saturday Night Live Season 1, he is one of the audience cutaway shots ( usually featured in the early seasons with comedic and fictitious non-sequitur captions as to whom the audience member was, or what they did ).

Each installment was typically four panels ( but with frequent variation ), usually with a comedic gag at the end, but with ongoing storylines.

Her style combined the traditional folk music of Ireland and Quebec, usually in upbeat, comedic songs.

The traditional gentlemen's club in Britain has long been used for comedic purposes in films, usually because of the eccentric characters with whom it can be populated, and the arcane rules.

The tsiatísta is improvised antiphonal singing akin to the Cretan mantinada, with satirical and comedic intent, usually performed between friends or relatives poking fun at each other.

Invariably, something goes wrong and causes Ed to panic, usually bringing an abrupt and comedic end to the segment.

During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character.

The other comedic plotlines centred around the characters below and their peculiarities, although other PCs and staff were usually visible in the background and at meetings.

As the similarly-styled Grammy ( for music ), Emmy ( for television ), and Academy Award ( for film ), the ESPYs are hosted by a contemporary celebrity ; the style, though, is more relaxed, light, and self-referential than that of many other awards shows, with comedic sketches usually included.

The story has many racial themes to it but are usually comedic as Darryl makes fun of other races, especially his white and Korean neighbors.

Durfey wrote widely in a witty, satirical vein, usually from a courtly point of view, and his works are a compendium of comedic ideas.

However, some darkly comedic heroes have sidekicks of a more subservient nature ; though these relationships are often a form of " tough love " or even just a condescending affection, the henchman is in this case usually known as a minion.

They approached darker topics than usually encountered in sitcoms ( although almost always in a blackly comedic manner rather than a serious one ).