Word: bloomerism
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...Braves. Third Baseman Billy Goodman, 33, had a brief moment of fame nine years ago, when he won the batting title with the Red Sox. Early Wynn, the team's leading pitcher (18-9), is a creaking 39. In the bullpen are Turk Lown (9-2), a late-bloomer at 35, and Gerry Staley (7-3), 39, who seemed washed up six years ago with the St. Louis Cardinals...
...Cleveland's easygoing Tito Francona, 25, is the late-bloomer of the season, a player who was shunted in three years' time from the Orioles to the White Sox to the Tigers to the Indians, where he began the year on the bench. In Cleveland, Francona was soon coaxing players to pitch to him by the hour in the empty stadium, gradually improved a swing that had always been basically sound. Manager Joe Gordon took a hand. "He got me to swing down on the ball-what he calls 'tomahawk' it-so I'd level...
North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly): June 22-July 4, "Li'l Abner"; July 6-11, "Naughty Marietta"; July 13-25, "Wish You Were Here"; July 27-August 1, "Bloomer Girl"; August 3-15, "Oh, Captain!"; August 17-22, "Carousel"; August 24-September 5: "Bells Are Ringing"; September 7-12, "Lend...
...Pacing the U.S. Wightman Cup team, Wimbledon Champion Althea Gibson won two singles matches (against Great Britain's Shirley Bloomer and Christine Truman), paired with Darlene Hard to take a doubles from Bloomer and Sheila Armstrong. Result: U.S. women tennis players beat Britain 6-1, again won the Wightman Cup which they have held since...
...came up to the Pirates three times-once as a left-handed catcher-and finally caught on last year. Not all fans and sportswriters give Rickey credit for building this year's team, and they cite his rubber-ball bouncing of Long's career as evidence. Late-Bloomer Long gives Manager Bragan a big share of the credit for his sudden development: "I play good for this guy because I like to play...