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...games this year, three were Indians: Bob Lemon (22-11), Early Wynn (23-12), Mike Garcia (22-11). Cleveland led the league in runs and in home runs, owned the three top run scorers (Roberto Avila, Al Rosen, Larry Doby), the two top home-run hitters (Doby, 32, Luke Easter, 31) and the league leader in runs-batted-in (Rosen, 105). But the porous Cleveland infield (Easter, Avila, Rosen, Boone) let the pennant slip through buttery fielding fingers, while the Yankees kept on winning the big games...
...time it takes the earth to make its orbit around the sun. But Caesar's astronomers had not been accurate: the Julian year was 11 minutes, 14 seconds longer than the solar year. If this had gone on unchecked, spring would eventually have fallen in December, Easter coincided with Christmas...
Pitcher: Shantz, Philadelphia (23-7) Batter: Fain, Philadelphia (.331) Runs Batted In: Doby, Cleveland (96) Home Runs: Doby. Cleveland (30) Easter, Cleveland (30) Stolen Bases: Minoso, Chicago...
Comb Land. The rest of the voyage to Callao was easy. As Dr. Davis neared the Peruvian coast, he recalled an old tale of the islands. A Polynesian expedition under Chief Maui Marumamao, says the legend, sailed east from Easter Island and came to "a land with ridges like a comb." The Peruvian coast is like that, with steep, barren ridges running down to the sea. There the Polynesians built a temple, but they did not stay long because they did not find what they needed: fertile land near the sea. This description also matches Peru, for most...
Died. The Rev. James Shera Montgomery, 89, chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives for 29 years (until 1950); in Washington, D.C. A familiar figure at congressional funerals, weddings and baptisms, he prided himself on never repeating a prayer. Before a full Easter congregation in Washington's Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, he once said: "I know some of you won't be back until next Easter, so let me wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...