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...Dodgers, the Yankees, and even the hated Cubs. A crack first baseman, he was a hustler in the field and had a sharp eye at the plate. Even in those days of the dead ball, he often hit close to .300. But until the day he died-in Daytona Beach, Fla. last week at 67-Frederick Charles Merkle never escaped the memory of that coincidence of time, place and official fickleness that came to be called "Merkle's bonehead play...
Just as the tide ebbed, the first invading wave of cars whisked along the rim of the sand. Loudspeakers blatted. Whistles skirled. The racket of racing engines woke the town. For the next two weeks the annual speed trials of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing turned Daytona Beach, Fla. into a motorized madhouse...
...seemed to mind. The U.S. public has come to worship high-performance cars, and here were the latest sleek and high-powered family autos performing at their rarely possible, full-throttle best. For the first time since 1936, when stock car racing began at Daytona, last week's speed trials seemed like the high old times of the early '20s, when every auto factory sponsored a racing stable. Here once more were big names of auto racing-Mauri...
Tuned Up, Not Tricked Up. Spectators were far more impressed by the achievement of Dodge's Chief Test Driver Danny Eames, 37. With only one mechanic to help him, and working only with tools and spare parts available in a regular Daytona Dodge agency, Danny prepared his D-500-1 himself. The result was truly a stock car, tuned for the last ounce of performance, but not tricked up. A man could buy the duplicate anywhere Dodges are sold. When Danny skittered into the speed trap, his deep-treaded stockroom tires bounced over the ridged wet sand...
...that some of Massachusetts' admirers have chosen to demonstrate their affection by residing in the state. If this is the case, Senator Furbush's proposed prize--an expenses paid visit to Massachusetts--could become superfluous. On the other hand, it would hardly be fitting to send the winners to Daytona Beach...