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...Army infield of Gene Fisher at first base, Art Martina at second, Mike Conrad at short, and Joe Cygler at third is considered one of the weakest West Point infields of recent years, averaging six errors a game. Army's hitting is also poor, with cleanup batter and end left fielder Ralph Cheanauskan the only 300 hitter on the squad. Chesnauskas, a regular football tackle, missed the first two baseball games because of spring football practice, and has added a great deal of power to the Cadet attack since his return...
...middle part of the batting order was off yesterday, as it has been in several other games. Besides Butters, who stranded seven runners in three times at bat, clean-up man George MacDonald and fifth batter Cleary went hitless. When this part of the attack starts to produce, the Crimson's occasional fielding lapses should go unnoticed...
...tiny Democratic delegation in Republican Salem. "I've heard of politicians caucusing in a telephone booth," Hoyt had said, "but it's the first time I've known you could caucus in bed." Having run through his quips, the new Senator proceeded to batter those politicians who had resorted to "character assassination" in 1954-to the acute annoyance of Republicans in his audience. Washington's fleeting mood of bipartisan sweetness and light was jarred...
...down he slathers. "Helpfllgrrulp!" As he opens his mouth to holler, a stream of sweet bilge hoses down his esophagus. In a matter of seconds everybody in sight is wallowing gloriously in orange muck, and the whole scene looks like nothing so much as a Bruegel landscape dipped in batter. The trouble with Three-Ring Circus is that this scene lasts only two minutes, while the rest of the picture lasts...
Nothing Sacred. Be it ever so rough and tumble, Marlon's home is his castle. He seldom answers the phone before it rings 20 times, often lets invited guests batter wearily at the door for long periods before he casually lets them...