Word: elston
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...breezed into the seventh inning with a 2-0 lead, he had retired 18 consecutive men. Many fans in Fenway Park recalled Don Larson's perfect game for the Yanks in the '56 series. When the dangerous Lou Brock grounded meekly to second, it was easy to imagine catcher Elston Howard leaping Yogi Berra-style into Lonborg's arms...
After Willis replaced Hughes, Petrocelli sent Flood deep to center for his sacrifice fly to score Scott and moved Smith to third. Petrocelli took second on a delayed double steal as Shannon made a diving stop of catcher McCarver's throw to save a run. Elston Howard was then intentionally walked to load the bases, and Lonborg--after hitting a line foul off Jose Tartabull in the on-deck circle--struck out on three pitches...
...Elston Howard, for so many years a clutch hitter of the New York Yankees, proved a Yankee in Red Sox garments last night by lining a bases-loaded single to left in the ninth-inning to defeat the Washington Senators...
...Salinas, Calif., Frankfort, Ind., and Dallas. In Dallas he discovered "an unhappy plant" because workers did not like the cafeteria menu and the manager refused to change it; Zender changed both the menu and the manager, brags that "now it is a happy plant." He and President Lloyd W. Elston, 40, met with independent candy salesmen whom Peter Paul's management had previously avoided, nearly doubled the advertising budget to $5,000,000 a year...
Johnson left after the sixth inning, and he wasn't the only one to leave early. Partisan fans started filing out after the third when the Yanks unloaded for seven runs on eight hits off Pete Richert, including a home run by right-fielder Bill Robinson. Elston Howard added the final insult with a homer in the seventh. In all the Yankees had 14 hits -- six for extra bases...