Word: backstop
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...last of the fourteenth, shortstop Closky reached first when his grounder was thrown wide of first base. Bill Ayres, who had taken over Jim Fava's first base post in the twelfth, also rolled to the infield but reached first on a fielder's choice. As backstop Mel Lackey went down on strikes for the second out, Ayres pilfered second, placing himself in scoring position...
Artemus Gates and the Navy know that, as a backstop for the Philippines, the Marianas will be vital to the preservation of a Pax Americana in the Pacific...
...talk their throats dry. CBS News Chief Paul White plugged in his teletypewriter-lined news room, let listeners hear the buzz and bells that filled it. His ace Manhattan newscaster, Bob Trout, was a marvel of glibness and endurance. Trout's performance was matched by Robert St. John, backstop for NBC News Head, William Brooks. TIME Views the News, on the Blue was consistently cool and factual...
Paul Quinn, Paul Delahoid, although he hasn't yet reported, Howie Hodgson, Bob Axtell, and Jerry Callanan seem to be the top candidates for the backstop position so far. Stahl is contemplating shifting Ned Fitzgibbons, last year's first sacker, behind the bat in case of a shortage of catchers. Bill Harding is expected to report at the close of the hockey season...
Buddy Rosar was the envy of every catcher in the big leagues. Substituting as first-string backstop for the world-champion New York Yankees while Bill Dickey nursed a bad shoulder, Rosar was behind baseball's No. 1 plate-with $5,000 of World Series swag practically in his mitt. But Buddy, a law-abiding boy, had always wanted to be a cop in Buffalo, N.Y., his hometown. Last fortnight, on the eve of a doubleheader with the Chicago White Sox, Buddy Rosar shuffled off to Buffalo, where he took examinations for the police force (and where, also...