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...League catcher of the 1950s and early 1960s; of an apparent heart attack; in Rochester, while on the road with the minor-league Richmond Braves, which he had managed since 1973. For more than a decade, Courtney played with six clubs, compiling a record of near-flawless fielding and clutch hitting. A relentless belligerence earned him his nickname and triggered some of baseball's most violent brouhahas, notably a game-stopping 1953 free-for-all at Busch Stadium that began when Courtney, then playing for the old St. Louis Browns, spiked Yankee Shortstop Phil Rizzuto while trying to stretch...
Harvard coach Loyal Park has always prided his teams on their ability to bunt and come through with a clutch hit, and on their defense, especially the defensive infield. At times this spring, the squad looked as if it were handling a hot potato instead of a baseball...
Milt Holt came in to relieve, and produced a clutch strikeout. The game wasn't quite over, however to the ball popped out of catcher Dan Williams's glove and the batter took off for first...
...accounts of most diplomats, John Scali, 57, has been a resourceful, effective U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. But last week a clutch of stories in the press declared that Scali was on his way out. The man who reportedly, over lunch with a journalist friend, leaked the news is also Scali's rumored successor: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 48, former Ambassador to India and the social policy Mr. Fixit of the Johnson and Nixon Administrations. President Ford's choice of Moynihan has not been confirmed by the White House; however, it is expected that Moynihan will...
Harvard stranded 13 men on base, and in five separate innings put a runner on second or third, only to be frustrated time and time again by some clutch pitching by Walker...