Word: babe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...general agreement, the golden age of sport occurred somewhere back in the 19205, and the titans of those days-Red Grange, Babe Ruth, Bill Tilden, Charley Paddock, Man o' War-have seldom, if ever, been matched. Last week, however, it was clearer than ever that-for track and field sports-another golden age may be just around the comer...
...evil with another. McCarthyism should be fought cleanly and openly, and it will certainly be defeated in the long run."* The tabloid New York Daily News considered the source: "The old sweetheart is a giant in his field of theoretical physics. But his political wisdom is that of a babe-in-arms. His latest antic in the political field is just another piece of Einstein tomfoolery to file & forget...
...layout of steel, concrete and lovingly tailored grass in The Bronx known as Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees Inc. are today full of a rich and understandable satisfaction. The Olympian Joe DiMaggio is gone, and there will never be another DiMaggio?just as there has never been another Babe Ruth or another Lou Gehrig (Yankees all). But with only one full season in the major leagues to his credit, Mickey Mantle already shows signs that he may be another Olympian in the making...
...plan?Centerfielder Mantle should have a good dozen years ahead of him in the big leagues. The big numeral 7 on Mantle's back should take its place in Yankee legend with the 5 that Joe DiMaggio wore, the 4 that Lou Gehrig wore, and the 3 that Babe Ruth wore (a number now officially retired by the Yankees). That would mean years of recurring headaches for American League pitchers, years of merrily clicking turnstiles for Yank:ee Stadium...
...heady 19205, when the world of sport boasted such immortals as Babe Ruth. Jack Dempsey, Earl Sande. Bobby Jones. Red Grange, Walter Hagen and Man o' War, the gentlemanly game of tennis came out of the private clubs into the national limelight. The man responsible for this revolution was a lanky, hunch-shouldered, hawk-faced competitor named William Tatem Tilden II. He was the greatest tennis player the world has ever seen, the one man in any U.S. sport who was without a peer. He did not always look as good as he really was. Determined never...