Word: dumbkopf
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...Nobody had ever accused Franks, 50, of being that be fore. A roly-poly ex-catcher, he could look back over half a dozen big-league seasons and a lifetime batting average of a minuscule .199. When he coached the Giants in 1959 and 1960, sportswriters gleefully dubbed him "Dumbkopf Franks," and Herman was so mortified that he decided to quit. But last year San Francisco Manager Alvin Dark got himself fired - for telling a newsman that Negroes and Latins are no match for white ballplayers "when it comes to mental alertness." Back came Franks as the Giants' manager...
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