Word: balle
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...finally hung up his spikes in 1963 after 22 wonderful years with the St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial, 47, explained that he wanted to "go out while still an asset." That's certainly how Stan the Man wound up his first season as general manager of his old ball club, helping the Cards climb from the National League's second division to a World Series victory over the Boston Red Sox. Now Stan is stepping down again. He has to devote full time to his restaurant and hotel business since the death of his partner. Taking over will...
...another of the favorites went down to defeat, making a mess of the national rankings. To pro scouts, who pay no attention to either the crowd or the polls, it was a little disappointing in some respects. Where were the great quarterbacks of yesteryear? The best runners in college ball were juniors and therefore ineligible for the pro draft. Good defensive backs were hard to find. But last week, as they studied their notes and prepared for the draft, scouts from the 25 pro teams agreed that in many ways 1967 was a very good year indeed. Rarely had there...
...opportunity to even its record at 2-2, the cagers face a perennially powerful group that features no one outstanding player. Williams relys on team balance to topple its opponents. In what promises to be a match between two conservative offenses, the Crimson will have to overcome its past ball-handling mistakes and erratic scoring tendencies...
...Tolmie got the rebound, and the rally seemed over when he was fouled. He made only the first of his two shots, however, Royer got the ball, and , unbelievably tossed in a 30-footer to cut the gap to two with 12 seconds to play...
...defense of the anti-Communist regime in Saigon was indispensible to American security. At that time, it was understood that Mr. Dirksen was standing in as the main Congressional spokesman for the President's hopelessly mired strategy for peace in Southeast Asia. This Thursday, Dirksen decided to stop playing ball with Johnson...