At the same moment Wheeler Fiske fired the rifle Mike had given him and another guerrilla was hit.

He was dead before he hit the ground.

She brought up her free hand to hit him, but this time he was quicker.

The man seemed to sink a little as Ramey brought the tire iron down on his shoulder and it seemed that the blonde head was turning as he hit the man again, with his fist.

The Nazis knew this, of course, and while their chief quarry was the industrial centers, they let a few drop every time they went over, hoping for a lucky hit.

There was a measure of protection in its concrete walls and ceiling, but the engineers who hastily installed it were well aware that concrete is not much better than prayer, if as efficacious, when a direct hit comes along.

There was a shattering, cracking sound as the concrete started to buckle, the air filled with dust and flying debris, and everyone in the room -- men and women hit the floor and used the desks as turtlebacks, as ordered.

It was hit by a shell fired by the bombarding Venetian army and the great central portion of the temple was blown to smithereens.

Pa was on his side, looking at me, his eyes winking, the hand that had hit me a fist in the pillow.

It was better, though, he'd hit me.

He moved only about 30 feet after the 240-grain slug hit him -- and this was after the bullet had passed through a sapling.

I tested it in my scoped S & W and it was good enough to allow me to hit a chuck with every shot at 100 yards if I did my part by holding the handgun steadily.

Not a bullet touched Cook who was nearer the ambush, but one hit Russell in the leg and another broke his arm, passing on through his body.

If anyone thought of the John Harvey, it was to observe that she was straddled by a pair of ships heavily laden with high explosive and if they were hit the John Harvey would likely be blown up with her own ammo and whatever else it was that she carried.

Just as it was being hauled inboard, a sea hit the ship.

And women were not expected to know that the pitcher was trying not to let the batter hit the ball.

`` I was hit -- knocked out.

It's at the far end of the county and the last time I came here was for a hit and run manslaughter -- about seven months ago.

It was ruled a difficult chance and a hit.

The Texans made themselves a comforting break on the opening kickoff when Denver's Al Carmichael was jarred loose from the ball when Dave Grayson, the speedy halfback, hit him and Guard Al Reynolds claimed it for Dallas.

Bobby Lowe of Boston was the first to hit four at home and Gil Hodges turned the trick in Brooklyn's Ebbetts Field.

Kieffer, the only junior in the group, was commended for his ability to hit in the clutch, as well as his all-round excellent play.

On April 6, 2006, in a case arising from a game involving community college baseball teams, the Supreme Court of California ruled that baseball players in California assume the risk of being hit by baseballs even if the balls were intentionally thrown so as to cause injury.

One of the errors had originally been ruled a hit, but the Cleveland third baseman sent a note to the press box after the eighth inning, saying he had made an error, and the ruling was changed.

In February 2010, the Australian judge ruled that " Down Under " did contain a flute riff based on " Kookaburra " but stipulated that neither was it necessarily the hook nor a substantial part of the hit song ( Colin Hay wrote the song years before the flute riff was added by a later member of the band ).

The receiver dropped the ball when he hit the ground, but the officials ruled he had caught the ball for a touchdown before it came out of his hands, and the Cowboys increased their lead to 20-3.

Called " The basket ," by players and fans alike, the rules of the field state that any ball landing within the netting is ruled a home run, making the distance to hit a home run in Wrigley Field actually shorter than the location of the outfield wall.

Florida Blazers running back Tommy Reamon scored what he thought was a touchdown, but the officials on the field ruled that he fumbled the ball out of the end zone before he hit the ground, resulting in a touchback that gave the ball to Birmingham.

If a player reached first base on a hit, the letter " h " would light up and if the official scorer ruled that a player reached first base due to an error, the " e " would light up.

In one notable moment, Beltran hit a ball that touched the outside part of the foul line but was ruled a foul ball, which led to former teammate, Johan Santana, throwing the first no-hitter in Mets ' history.

The match ended in a draw when both Undertaker and Batista were ruled to have hit the floor simultaneously.

The first half of the legend describes how the king and the bishop ruled Sweden like ‘ two great lights ’ with feelings of ‘ internal love ’ toward each other, emphasizing the peaceful coexistence of the secular and ecclesiastical rule during a happy era when ‘ predatory wolves ’ could not hit their ‘ poisonous teeth against the innocent ’.

A controversial incident came in the dying minutes when Owen hit the Portuguese crossbar, resulting in a Sol Campbell header that appeared to have given England the lead again, but was ruled out for what the referee Urs Meier deemed a foul on the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo.

It was later officially ruled a traditional home run, after it was thought to have hit an awning in center field.

NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell ruled that the hit was " a late hit from the blind side to the head of an unsuspecting opponent ", violating the NHL's ban on blindside hits to the head.

The NHL ruled that the hit was legal and did not fine or suspend Moore.

In 1992 the Seattle Mariner players signed a petition to have their official scorer replaced, and in 2001 the management of the Boston Red Sox ordered that a rookie scorer not be allowed to score another game after pitcher Hideo Nomo lost a no-hitter on a close play in right field that was ruled a hit rather than an error.

In the rules of baseball, aside from the rare case of interference or obstruction, a batter who puts a ball into play and safely reaches first base is ruled to have reached in one of three possible ways: a hit, an error, or by fielder's choice.

If the defense could not be reasonably expected to make the play, the batter is credited with a hit, otherwise he is ruled to have reached by fielder's choice.

When teammate Gabe Kapler ( who often acted as Nixon's right field replacement ) hit a long fly ball off of the Green Monster, the umpires ruled it a double.

Nixon leapt off the bench and argued with such passion that Kapler's hit had been a home run ( television replays confirmed that the hit had landed above the home run line, and thus should have been ruled a two-run homer ) that he was ejected from the game.

He has also been reported to be the only player ever to hit a fair ball out of Yankee Stadium ( it was ruled a foul ball, but Yankee outfielder Bobby Murcer later said it was fair ).