Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...himself a starting position on coach Henry Lamar's Freshman football squad. The program statistics read: end--19--6:1--Choate. "The most adept pass catcher was John Kennedy, but his lack of weight was a drawback," wrote the coach in his post-season review...
Hoisting a Highball. As they had so often over the regular season, the Yankees fought back and were leading, 7-6, in the eighth inning, when another of baseball's castoffs, Catcher Hal Smith, 29, came to bat for Pittsburgh. On a pitch low and fast, Smith hit a three-run homer to give the Pirates a 9-7 lead...
Dartmouth, if by chance unsuccessful by air, can take to a rushing attack, led by one of the Ivies' best halfbacks, Al Rozycki. An expert pass catcher at right half, Rozycki was the villian who took a perfect Gundy screen pass for the touchdown in the Green's 9-0 victory at the Stadium last fall...
...last week the two men had parlayed their baseball know-how into the managerial success stories of the 1960 season. In the National League, onetime Second Baseman Daniel Edward Murtaugh, 42, was manager of the pennant-bound Pittsburgh Pirates (TIME, June 13). In the American League, onetime Catcher Paul Rapier Richards, 51, was manager of the pennant-contending Baltimore Orioles (TIME, June 6)-win, lose or draw the year's most exciting team. Taken together, Murtaugh and Richards show how savvy baseball pros use contrasting techniques to build winning clubs...
...throwing harder and more accurately than ever. When his pitchers have their stuff, Richards confidently lets them throw to the hitter's power; when they do not, he may call pitches from the bench (by flashing the sign to an infielder, who relays it to the catcher, who finally passes it on to the pitcher). "His principle is to have us throw the ball over the plate," says Pappas. "He can't stand walks...