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Boulris' heavy hitting carried the whole team at times during its first 20 games; but since then it has been discovered that a slow curve-ball does not at all agree with his batting style. Still, Boulris is such a naturally-gifted batter that he undoubtedly can overcome this weakness with a little practice...
Team: Cleveland (by ½ game) Pitcher: Wilhelm, Baltimore (6-0) Batter: Kuenn, Detroit (.378) RBI: Killebrew, Washington (32) HRs: Killebrew, Washington...
Team: Milwaukee (by 3½ games) Pitcher: Face, Pittsburgh (6-0) Batter: Aaron, Milwaukee (.462) RBI: Banks, Chicago, Aaron (40) HRs: Mathews, Milwaukee...
Author Janeway (The Walsh Girls, Daisy Kenyan) has attempted a novel of pother and passion, and has succeeded only in forcing her story into the mold of cakemix fiction. For those who like store-bought cake, skilled Novelist Janeway has a lot to offer-the smooth batter of dialogue, the raisins of sentiment, and even, here and there, a few nourishing calories of characterization...
Last week the ice started grinding downstream, setting off a siren that brought everybody in town to watch the ice batter at the pole. At 11:26 a.m., May 8, the clock stopped. Holders of the eleven winning tickets, worth $8,454.50 apiece, ranged from a Fairbanks truck driver who had been betting on the Nenana lottery for 30 years to an Anchorage oil-company employee who had been in Alaska less than a year...