Word: balle
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Earl held a reception at the governor's mansion, beamed and shook hundreds of hands. He topped off the evening by leading the grand march at an inaugural ball. His day of triumph produced only one painful incident. He had been reminded again that Louisiana's voters loved brother Huey's 29-year-old son, Russell, better than they loved him. When Russell, a slightly sharper-featured replica of his snub-faced father, made a short speech, he got the biggest cheer of the afternoon...
...anyone doubts that baseball is the favorite U.S. game, there are statistics to prove it. Last week, a Gallup poll showed that a whopping 39% of Americans enjoy watching baseball more than any other sport.- Next in line of popularity: foot ball (17%), basketball (10%), horse racing (4%), boxing...
...doubleheader, the A's bounced back. Outfielder Elmer Valo dived halfway into right-field stands like a circus acrobat to make a sensational catch. He did it again two innings later, robbing the Yankees of a sure home run-and lay unconscious for several minutes, with the ball locked in his glove, while the crowd cheered...
...Breaks. The one thing about the A's that everybody admits is good is its young, hard-throwing pitching staff. The star is trigger-tempered Phil Marchildon, a muscleman from a Canadian lead mine, who throws a fast ball that shimmies and shakes. The box-office draw is big (6 ft. 42 in.) Lou Brissie, war hero with a game leg (TIME, May 3). Connie's other starters: baby-faced Carl Scheib, 21, solemn Joe Coleman, 25, and two others temporarily on the bench...
...first the camera kept its eye close up, on pitcher & batter, and followed the runner to first. It has since learned that one of television's big thrills is watching Outfielder Joe DiMaggio take a practiced look at a ball heading his way, turn, and without looking back spurt to the right spot, swing around casually and let the ball fall into his glove. The unexpected makes some of television's brightest moments: a rainstorm breaks, and the camera shows ground keepers covering the pitcher's box with canvas, then sweeps across the bleachers, singling out soaked...