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...Down. According to Estrada, no similar oriental-looking objects have been found elsewhere in Central or South America. His theory is that a small group of people from across the Pacific found their way to Ecuador, perhaps were shipwrecked near Bahia and founded a colony there. Some of their imported cultural traits, such as a liking for headrests and peaked gables, persisted for a few generations before dying...
Peaked Gables. Last week the old argument was again alive-and this time because of findings made by wealthy Emilio Estrada of Guayaquil, Ecuador, who dabbles deeply in archaeology even while running a thriving auto and appliance business. He has interested himself in Ecuador's northern coastal region because of vaguely oriental objects previously found there. In 1956, after learning diggers' techniques from Archaeologists Clifford Evans and Betty Meggers of the U.S.'s Smithsonian Institution, he began concentrating on the coastal town of Bahia de Caraquez where, according to ancient legends, a people called the Caras landed...
Richards works by the hour with Pitching Coach Harry ("The Cat") Brecheen to develop the Orioles' strong point: the finest crop of young pitchers in the majors. Instead of collapsing, as expected, under late-season pressure, 22-year-old Chuck ("El Stiletto") Estrada (17-9), 21-year-old Steve Barber (10-6), 21-year-old Jack Fisher (12-9) and 21-year-old Milt Pappas (13-10) are throwing harder and more accurately than ever. When his pitchers have their stuff, Richards confidently lets them throw to the hitter's power; when they do not, he may call...
...from the Mound. Onetime Catcher Richards is particularly proud of five pitchers who are 22 or under-the finest group to come up in years. The two brightest rookie stars: Southpaw Steve Barber, 21, with a record of 4-1, an earned run average of 1.67; Chuck ("El Stiletto") Estrada, 22, with a 3-1 mark...
...Barber was pitching Class D ball down in Pensacola last year," says Richards. "Won seven and lost eleven. Temperamental kid. We told him if he could get hold of his temper he could make it with us, and he did. We knew Estrada had it. He won 14 and lost six at Vancouver last year. With all our kids, we develop a basic pitch they can get over when they have to with some stuff on it. Estrada's strike pitch is a fast ball that drops. Barber's is a slider. His fast ball moves around...