Word: ditmars
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tiger offense is not powerful. Princeton has only scored four goals all season. Forward Les Buck is the team's leading scorer with two goals and one assist. Doug Ditmar and Jack Hayes have one goal and one assist each...
Forced to fall back on second-line pitching when Bob Turley developed a sore arm and Art Ditmar totally lost his effectiveness. Houk unhesitatingly moved Youngsters Roland Sheldon (10-5) and Bill Stafford (13-9) into the regular starting rotation. The high-strung Yankees, who had detested dictatorial Manager Stengel, responded enthusiastically to Houk's subtler brand of discipline. At a time when his every swing counted in his assault on Babe Ruth's home-run record (TIME, Sept. 29), Roger Maris bunted down the third-base line to squeeze the winning run across the plate...
...bullpen is one of baseball's top relief men: ElRoy Face (10-8), who throws a dipping forkball that induces rally-killing grounders. For the Yankees, fading Whitey Ford (12-9) still looks able to pitch two big games with know-how and his sharp curve, and Art Ditmar (15-9) has developed into a steady winner with his slider. But Bob Turley (9-3) now throws more benders than bullets, and Stengel may be forced to depend heavily on a 22-year-old rookie named Bill Stafford...
Vernon Law, a 20-game winner, will be manager Danny Murtaugh's choice for the opening game at Forbes Field. He will be opposed on the mound by another righthander, Art Ditmar, whose 15-9 record makes him one of Stengel's top pitchers...