Word: babe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Says a Manhattan housewife who won nearly $1,500 in a four-day appearance: ''Each morning, before the show goes on, each contestant sees a producer. He says something like 'Well, what will we talk about today? Who holds the record for home runs? You know-Babe Ruth.' Then he'll say: 'How would you recognize David Niven?' Sure enough, when the dots fill in, there's David Niven...
Kinds of Defeat. As Honest Dickie Kerr recalls, afterwards all the high spots of his career were involved with a sort of defeat. It was Dickie Kerr who threw a two-and-two pitch to a burly batter named Babe Ruth one afternoon in 1921 in the old Polo Grounds. And the Babe belted it so far it set a special kind of record: it broke the hands of an outfield clock some 500 ft. from the plate. It was Pitcher Kerr who asked his boss Charles ("The Old Roman") Comiskey for a raise after winning 40 games...
...Rosalie Leventritt, the stately dowager who sponsors the contest, and joyously waltzed her around the room before the startled judges. The next day he appeared at Mrs. Leventritt's Park Avenue apartment. "Honey," he said, thrusting a bunch of red roses at her, "Ah'm just a babe at your doorstep...
...remarkable early-season clip of .509-good enough to lead both leagues. He has already broken the National League endurance mark with 895 consecutive games, boasts the highest lifetime slugging average (.580) in the league, has moved up to fourth among major leaguers in total bases (behind Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Tris Speaker...
...then, TIME took a called third strike-or did not get to the plate at all. Somehow Babe Ruth never made the cover. Brooklyn Manager Leo Durocher was suspended for a year the week his cover hit the stands...