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...waste hung close to the plate. Squat Yogi Berra, the best fastball hitter in the majors, whacked one of them for a homer in the first inning, another into the stands in the third. After that, the tense series degenerated into a shambles. In the fourth inning, Yankee Outfielder Elston Howard tagged Newk for another homer, and the home-town stands belched an ugly chorus of boos as the big man sadly slouched off the field. First Baseman Bill Skowron reached Dodger Reliever Roger Craig for a grand-slam homer to push the final score...
...senior members of Phi Beta Kappa, by state, are: Arkansas: Frank A. Loda, Jr. of Kirkland and Texarkana; California: John W. Elston of Lowell and Santa Anna; Paul L. Richards of Kirkland and Riverside; and Sherwin L. Samuels of Winthrop and Los Angeles; Colorado: Kenneth D. Hubbard of Winthrop and Glenwood Springs; Connecticut: Robert P. Bucciarelli of Eliot and New Canaan and James N. Cooper of Adams and New Haven...
...Another fella deserves credit and where would I be without him? Phew! He can give me a job in the outfield and he can catch, too [Elston Howard, first Negro ever to play with the Yankees]. Good kid, too, if they leave him alone and stop fighting the Civil War all over and they almost ruined him. He's good...
...bases were full of Yanks. Pitcher Rip Coleman, who was holding his own on the mound, was due at the plate. But Casey yanked him in favor of Pinch-Hitter Bob Cerv, who stepped up and hit a single. Two runs scored. Then Outfielder Elston Howard bounced a home run off the right-field foul pole...
Bush-League Catcher. Coming into the tenth, Casey had his work cut out for him. Now Silvera was gone; so was the only other Yankee catcher, Elston Howard. Who could put on the mask and pads to help hold off the Sox? Once more, Casey's brain clicked and whirred. He remembered Hank Bauer in Quincy, Ill., in the Three-I League, ten years ago. Hank had handled the tools of ignorance briefly in those days as a busher. Besides, the ex-marine was an old pro, the kind of guy who would stop a hard one with...