Word: clips
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Silverstone, England, before a crowd of 100,000, Italy's crack Racing Driver Alberto Ascari, in a Ferrari, won the British Grand Prix at a 92.97 m.p.h. clip...
...pipe on the wall next to the window that at one time had been used for a gas bracket. The pipe had been plugged. I took the plug out and pushed a piece of rubber tubing over the pipe. I put a chink in the tube with a bulldog clip to stop the gas escaping. When they sat in the deck chair with the tube behind them, I took the clip off and let the fumes rise from the back of the deck chair. When they started to be overcome-that's when I must have strangled them...
...Baseman Ed Mathews, 21, Rookie Negro Centerfielder Bill Bruton, 23, and strapping (6 ft. 4 in., 210 Ibs.) First Baseman Joe Adcock, 25. Mathews, a left-handed power hitter, leads both leagues in home runs (19), is second in runs batted in (52), and is hitting at a .318 clip. Often awkward last year, Mathews is "a major-league third baseman now," says Grimm. Fleetfooted Outfielder Bruton (30 stolen bases last year), usually the Braves' lead-off batter (.273), ranges centerfield like a hawk. Flanking Bruton are a pair of old pros, Leftfielder Sid Gordon, 34, and Rightfielder Andy...
...Warren Spahn (7-1) and Righthander Max Surkont (8-1), who recently set a record of eight consecutive strikeouts. Another big boost has come from a battery of youngsters just back from the Army: Pitcher Johnny Antonelli (6-2) and Catcher Del Crandall, who is hitting at a .325 clip...
...winner, Driver Bill Spear, leading in his Ferrari-Mexico, the spectators got another jolt. Some 55 seconds behind Spear, in fourth place, was Harry Grey, 37, one-time British professional driver and now a Long Island sales manager for European cars. Pushing his Jaguar at an 80-m.p.h. clip, Grey went into a spin, flipped over a time and a half, skidded to an upside-down stop just 20 feet from a conspicuous sign: "No Spectator Area." Grey crawled out of the crack-up with only a few bruises. Two spectators were not so lucky. They ended...