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Although he clowns a lot while pitching, Feigner (pronounced Fay-ner) still manages to strike out most of the batters. Against a Poughkeepsie, N.Y., all-star team last week, he struck out 17 in seven innings (the regulation game), and that was not an unusual performance for him: many times he has struck...
...Scandal (Command; three records, $14.94). Style is the touchstone of the 18th century, and style is the capstone of this play and these players in the Sheridan classic. In the 20th century theater, John Gielgud's English ranks above the king's. In the rest of the all-star cast, Ralph Richardson is a gem-crusty Sir Peter Teazle and Geraldine McEwan is a minx of rare merit as Lady Teazle...
...still 85° at 9 p.m. For the World Champion Green Bay Packers, preseasonitis set in fast. Passes drifted, backs ran into blockers, and 250-lb. defense men hungrily eyed the oxygen tank beside the bench. But the heat wasn't nearly as hot as the youthful College All-Stars. On third down and three, with the ball on the All-Star 27, Wisconsin's Quarterback Ron VanderKelen dropped back and flipped a 20-yd. pass to End Pat Richter, who neatly sidestepped the Green Bay safety and sprinted 53 yds. for the winning touchdown. Final score: ...
...Wagner finally got a chance to play regularly and made the most of it: .280 batting average, 28 homers, 79 RBIs. Last year he supplied the punch (37 homers, 107 RBIs) that kept the upstart Angels in first division. But his big moment came in the second 1962 All-Star game: a sliding circus catch of George Altman's sinking liner that did wonders for Wagner's ego. "Al Kaline may be a better rightfielder than I am," Wagner now concedes expansively. "But he's a magician. Roger Maris is good too-but nothing special...
...past four years there have been two All-Star games per season, making 24 All-Star games during Musial's 21 major-league seasons...