Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dodger Catcher Roy Campanella was driving at only 30 m.p.h. one winter evening in 1958, when his car skidded into a utility pole. Despite the moderate speed, Campy broke his bull neck in the crackup; he was paralyzed for life, from the chest down. Just one year later, Campy was driven into another accident. This time the car was going 40; the driver and two other passengers wound up in a hospital. But Campy was unhurt. Having learned the hard way that most traffic accidents happen at low speeds and close to home, the ex-ballplayer was wearing a seat...
...Manager Ralph Houk, winner of a world championship in his first year on the job, was two-or three-men deep at most positions. Between them, Pitchers Whitey Ford and Luis Arroyo had won 40 games in 1961. Roger Maris had clouted 61 homers; Mickey Mantle had hit 54; Catcher Elston Howard had batted .348. The slick-fielding Yankee infield was the best in baseball. The Yankees seemed a sure shot to win their twelfth pennant in 14 years...
Infielders Jake Wood and Steve Boros, catcher Dick Brown, and pitcher Don Mossi have fallen far below last year's performances. It remains to be seen if the release of highly-touted rookie pitcher Howle Koplitz from the Army and the return of Kaline can boost Detroit back into the first division where the club belongs...
...authors are good imaginers. One of the few is Britain's William Golding, 51. Lord of the Flies, his horrifying novel about castaway children, is a parable of man's instinctive hostility to man whose growing popularity in undergraduate circles (TIME, June 22) now rivals that of Catcher in the Rye. Golding's new book is less savage, and it is no parable, but a subdued, haunting tale told for the satisfaction of telling. Its subject is the last days, millennia ago, of Europe's last band of Neanderthal...
...page from Who's That? Centerfielder Albie Pearson is a 5-ft. 5-in. shortie who hits a golf ball better than a baseball, and sings rock 'n' roll on the side. Star Pitcher Bo ("No Hit") Belinsky is an unreconstructed pool shark. A retread catcher plays leftfield, and the Angels' double-play combination has toiled for a grand total of 16 other clubs. Manager Bill Rigney was sacked by the Giants, and General Manager Fred Haney was fired by the St. Louis Browns and the Pittsburgh Pirates...