* The symbol of Hornsby Girls High School, Australia, is the " Torch of Knowledge " and words of the school song include " Minerva by our southern seas her sacred groves replanted, with whispering gums to woo the breeze that flows o ' er lands enchanted ; with ageless hills she rimmed her bower, her sunlit shrine of learning, and here we keep through shine and shower the Torch of Knowledge burning ..." ( NOTE on Australianisms: gums here means " gum trees " ( eucalyptus ), not a part of the mouth ).

Ku-ring-gai Chase is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 25 km north of Sydney located largely within the Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby, Warringah and Pittwater municipal areas.

The Hornsby tractors featured the track-steer clutch arrangement, which is the basis of the modern crawler operation, and some say an observing British soldier quipped that it crawled like a caterpillar.

Hornsby is a town in Hardeman County, Tennessee.

Hornsby is located at ( 35. 226693 ,-88. 829793 ).

Over 100 years old, it is located at Hornsby Elementary School.

Hornsby, Tennessee is also known for the " Country Cabin Music Museum " located at 14135 Parker St. just one mile off Hwy 64.

It was built by Richard Hornsby in 1865, lived in by Richard Hornsby's son, and is now a private house.

In the National League, Hornsby is the leader in home runs, with 42, and Medwick's 154 RBI lead as well.

Hornsby raised his average to. 424 in 1924, which is the sixth-highest batting average in a single season in MLB history, and the live-ball era batting average record.

Hornsby protested to Barnes, " The money is as good as the money you take from people in the loan-shark business.

Since the " tank " was a British concept it is more likely the Hornsby, which had been built and unsuccessfully pitched to their military, was the inspiration.

Castle Hill is the administrative centre of the local government area of The Hills Shire and part of the suburb is located in the local government area of Hornsby Shire.

He is also a fan of several pop music artists, especially singer / songwriters including The Beatles ; James Taylor ( after whom he named the song " James " on Offramp ); Bruce Hornsby, Cheap Trick, Joni Mitchell, with whom he performed on her Shadows and Light ( 1980, Asylum / Elektra ) live tour.

His. 342 batting average is still second only to Rogers Hornsby among right-handed hitters.

* January 4 – Hall of Fame election: Rogers Hornsby is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, getting 78 percent of the vote.

Hornsby is a suburb that lies between vaguely defined areas of the Upper North Shore, and Northern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia north-west of the Sydney central business district.

It is the administrative centre of the local government area of Hornsby Shire.

The name Hornsby is derived from Convict-turned-Constable Samuel Henry Horne, who took part in the apprehension of bushrangers Dalton and MacNamara on 22 June 1830.

It is a 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter built by Ruston & Hornsby in 1962.

The nearest public hospital is the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital located in the adjacent Hornsby Shire.

At only 19 years old, Hornsby was the fourth-youngest player in the NL that year.

Hornsby had an off-year offensively in 1926, as he hit only. 317 with 11 home runs.

Hornsby played in 44 of the first 48 games, but after a disappointing performance he only played himself about half the time for the rest of the year.

In 1934, Hornsby started only two games, one at third base, and the other in right field.

Hornsby only appeared in two games with the team during the 1936 season.

Ted Williams, who had the highest career batting average since Hornsby, said that Hornsby was the greatest hitter for power and average in baseball, and Frankie Frisch said of him, " He's the only guy I know who could hit. 350 in the dark.

Sandberg was only the third second baseman to hit 40 home runs ; Rogers Hornsby and Davey Johnson hit 42, and no American League second baseman has yet reached forty.

They both won multiple batting titles — Boggs's five and Gwynn's eight — and each won four straight to join Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and Rod Carew as the only players to do so.

Serving as team captain, his 153 games played in the 1921 season tied for second in the NL with several others, behind only Rogers Hornsby.

He also tied teammate Frankie Frisch for second with 121 runs scored, behind only Hornsby, while his 193 hits were eighth-best and his. 389 on-base percentage was ninth-best in the NL.

His. 466 slugging average then placed him fifth among second basemen, behind Hornsby (. 577 ), Gehringer (. 480 ), Lazzeri (. 467 ) and Nap Lajoie (. 466 ), and only Hornsby had more homers among second basemen.

In the years since, Rogers Hornsby has been the only 3-time. 400-hitter in the National League ( 1922, 1924 – 25 ).

The oldest railway station on the North Shore line opened in 1890 in St Leonards and originally only ran to Hornsby.

Bell belted 36 of his 38 homers from his new position, a total exceeded only by Rogers Hornsby, Davey Johnson and Ryne Sandberg among second basemen.

Crawford finished the season with career highs in batting average (. 305 ) and home runs ( 18 ), joining Hall-of-Famer Rogers Hornsby as the only players in Major League history to increase their batting average and home run totals every year for five straight years.

Pujols joined Rogers Hornsby as the only players in Cardinals ' history to record 40 + homers and 200 + hits in the same season.

Two years later, he repeated the honor while scoring 127 runs and batting. 379, second only to Rogers Hornsby among right-handed batters in National League history.

McGraw ’ s list shows no bias for Giants, naming only Hornsby at No. 7 in the Top 10 and the great Christy Mathewson at No. 16.

' Lady Madcap ', a Ruston & Hornsby 20DL, sees only occasional use for light shunting and ballast ploughing.

This locomotive is the only gauge Ruston and Hornsby LAT in existence.

The only mention of areas other than continents are the New York Rats soccer team, Dean Wilson being from California, a Central American marathon runner named Pepe Repanosa and an Acapulco cliff diver, marathon runner Terry Hornsby being from Boulder, Colorado, René Fromage being from France, and Kurt Wüfner appearing at the downhill event right before a Scandinavian is given a gold medal.