Word: bases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Philly Dog, now bounding in from Philadelphia, is happy-go-lucky. It can be recognized, says Hy Lit, by its characteristic crouch, "sort of a break in the knees, like a guy on first base waiting to steal second." Dancers are also expected to clench their hands like paws and grapple with an invisible necktie, then place their hands behind the back in the "duck" position (palms outward). The dance, says one Philadelphia record promoter, evolved out of a "vulgar and risque" tail-wagging Kentucky dance called the Dog, which was banned in several cities. Says he: "The kids...
Many hospitals take a footprint of each new baby in the hope of avoiding mix-ups in identity. But Lieut. Colonel Kenneth S. Shepard saw no reason not to question the practice just because it is S.O.P. At Travis Air Force Base in California he had prints carefully made of the feet of 51 newborn babies, then got the babies in for repeat prints five to six weeks later. He sent the two sets of prints, coded only by number, to experts in criminal fingerprinting...
...best hitters are returning. Joe O'Donnell, who was third in the EIBL batting race last year with a .378 mark and Dan Hootstein, who was seventh with .355 are back. Both were first team All-EIBL picks last season, O'Donnell at first base and Hootstein in right field...
CATCHING: Shepard has moved O'Donnell behind the plate, where he was playing last year before he shifted to first base. Allan Liebgott, a substitute for the past two years, is the other top candidate. Junior Jeff Hall and sophomore Don Chiofaro are on the fringes...
Problem at First Base...