Waddell had heard that he had been a commando in Rommel's Afrika Corps, and he said to himself: I'd hate to run into him in the desert on a dark night.

Waddell was not an eminently moral person, but he did not like what he had just heard.

" Waddell had picked an inauspicious time to issue his challenge.

The Athletics had us beaten, with Rube Waddell pitching.

* Sculptor John Henry Waddell had a studio in Cornville during the 1980s.

* March 1 – Doreen Waddell, singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF

The bridge was designed by the engineering firm of Waddell & Harrington, which was based in Kansas City, Missouri, but also had an office in Portland.

In the early 1970s, he married his third wife, Suzanne Waddell, who had once been a guest on What's My Line ?.

Willie Waddell visited modern grounds in West Germany during the 1974 World Cup and believed that steep terracing and exits, such as Stairway 13, had to be replaced.

Waddell, a remarkably dominant strikeout pitcher in an era when batters mostly slapped at the ball to get singles, had an excellent fastball, a sharp-breaking curve, a screwball, and superb control ( his strikeout-to-walk ratio was almost 3-to-1 ).

Waddell was unpredictable, and had a habit of leaving the dugout in the middle of games to follow passing fire trucks to fires.

By 1901, however, he had worn out his welcome and his contract was sold to the Cubs, then managed by Tom Loftus, who had had success with Waddell in Columbus / Grand Rapids ; but Loftus did not have the latitude to cope with Rube he had had Columbus owner / manager.

But in a league game in Detroit, Waddell actually had his outfielders come in close and sit down on the grass to watch him strike out the side.

Other players complained about Rube's lack of dependable behavior, and following the 1907 season he had ended as the goat of a series that cost the A's the pennant won by the Detroit Tigers, Mack finally lost patience with him and sold Waddell to the St. Louis Browns for $ 5, 000.

His manager, Connie Mack, offered Waddell a three-day fishing vacation if he agreed to pitch the second game ( which had been shortened to 5 innings ).

In their third meeting, Austin likely faced a Waddell who had been bored by playing for a poor Browns club.

During Aydelotte's time as director of the Institute for Advanced Study ( 1939 – 1947 ) the institute had many notable faculty including: Albert Einstein, Kurt Gödel, John von Neumann and James Waddell Alexander II.

Waddell and his researchers had heard reports of a trio of great darts players in the South Wales valleys, an area that was quickly becoming a hotbed of talent for the sport.

In 1709 Davenant published Reflections upon the Constitution and Management of Trade to Africa, in which he “ reverted to his normal attitude of suspicion and outright hostility towards the Dutch .” This pamphlet advocated renewing the Royal African Company ’ s monopoly on slave trade on the basis that the Dutch competition “ necessitated the maintenance of forts, which only a joint-stock company could afford .” Waddell states that there had been close collaboration between the company and Davenant and that he may have been compensated for writing it.

A young man was killed and two others injured at midnight Friday when the car they were riding slid into a utility pole on Lake Avenue near Waddell Street, NE, police said.

This turn of events was a major surprise, as not only did the media hype Stefan as a franchise player, but hockey experts also considered Thrashers general manager Don Waddell to be a man with excellent scouting ability.

Waddell ran himself ragged, but finally fanned the last man.

Consequently, they fired head coach Bob Hartley on October 17, 2007, with general manager Don Waddell taking over behind the bench on an interim basis.

The Waddell Ranch contains the single biggest portion of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust, with over 800 producing oil wells as of 2007.

In addition to Senator McCain, other notable residents of the area over the years have included rancher Frank Gyberg, sculptor John Henry Waddell and the late St Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere.

Kovalchuk served as one of five alternate captains to start the season until the alternates collectively requested to general manager Don Waddell and coach John Anderson for Kovalchuk to take over the captaincy.

File: West Waddell Creek. jpg | The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail passing over Waddell Creek.

After his major league career was over, Waddell pitched for parts of three more years in the minor leagues, including a 20-win season for the Minneapolis Millers in 1911.

* On July 1, 1902, Waddell became the second pitcher to strike out three batters on nine pitches, in the third inning of a 2 – 0 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

File: West Waddell Creek. jpg | The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail passing over Waddell Creek.

The new bridge was assembled over the following 18 months ; the design was prepared by New York engineering firm Waddell & Hardesty and supervised by the Edward Lupfer Corporation, the latter the designers of the Peace Bridge.

The firm of Waddell & Harrington designed a vertical lift bridge ( since demolished ) for the Iowa Central Railway over the Mississippi River at Keithsburg, Illinois, in 1909.

Her election victory in 1993 came over the incumbent, Ian Waddell of the New Democratic Party, and challenger Celso Boscariol, B. C.

In about 1860, the firm now known as " Russell, Majors and Waddell " formed the " Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company " to get the contract to deliver mail between Missouri and California, which had previously been held by Butterfield Overland Mail which was delivering the mail in 25 days or more over a route that went through the South.

Waddell turned to face him.

It is not good, Mr. Waddell: you will do him great harm ''.

After one-hitting Boston on May 2, 1904, Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Rube Waddell taunted Young to face him so that he could repeat his performance against Boston's ace.

Officer Waddell asked Routier repeatedly to apply pressure to her son Damon's back and to tend to him, but received no response from her.

His parents separated when he was in his teens, and at the age of fifteen he went to live with Gene and Hazel Waddell, for whom he did chores ; they adopted him six years later.

In the 1980's Waddell was employed at the City Clinic in San Francisco's Civic Center area ; after his death, it was renamed for him.

Sid Waddell gave him the nickname " Romford Slim " and said he was Britain's answer to the famous American pool player Rudolf " Minnesota Fats " Wanderone.

When the Colonels folded, Barney Dreyfuss became the owner of the Pittsburgh franchise and tapped Clarke, Wagner, Waddell, Deacon Phillippe and others to accompany him.

An alcoholic for much of his short adult life, Waddell reportedly spent his entire first signing bonus on a drinking binge ( Sporting News called him " the sousepaw ").

Waddell debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1900, leading the National League in ERA, but his erratic behavior led manager Fred Clarke to suspend him.

Newspapers of the time charitably referred to Waddell as " eccentric " while others ranked him between " screwball " and " nutsy.

* Jimmy Austin has claimed that, in 1909, he hit a home run off of a tipsy Waddell who then glared angrily at him during his entire trot around the bases.

As he told it in The Glory of the Their Times, a writer in his minor league days compared him favorably with Rube Waddell, and very soon Marquard was being called " Rube " also.

Waddell refers to him as Uruash.

But Waddell stayed with him.

Gradually Waddell wore Müller down, passing him in the sprint.

Sky TV commentator Sid Waddell attempted to christen Phil Taylor " The Crafty Potter "-referring to him being both a protégé of Bristow and originating from the Potteries.