Word: fair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...matter of fact, there was some justice to his complaint. The Crimson had men on first and second, one out, and two runs in, when Chet Boulris lofted a pop fly at the plate. The Jumbo catcher missed the ball cleanly, it fell in fair territory, then bounced foul. This clearly made it a foul ball, but the catcher snapped a throw to third base for a force play...
Labor was in a swivet over Old Fair Dealer DiSalle's hard-hitting state labor-racketeering bill. The measure, now before the Democratic legislature, provides fines and imprisonment for labor leaders who 1) charter paper locals, 2) use union funds for personal profit, 3) buy stock in corporations with which they bargain collectively-or have bargained with over a three-year period, 4) accept gifts from companies with which they have bargained. Under the same bargaining terms, it also sets up a maximum of a $1,000 fine and a year's imprisonment for any union member...
...Fair Lady raises a topper, The Music Man sounds a trumpet, and West Side Story swings a switchblade in three memorable musical salutes...
...Fair Lady in COLUMBUS, Two for the Seesaw in MILWAUKEE, and The Music Man in CHICAGO do justice to the Broadway originals...
Baltimore falls in the same questionable category with Cleveland. The Orioles have a pretty fair assortment of pitchers and the league's best catcher in Gus Triandos, but then things tail off rapidly, though first-baseman Bob Boyd is definitely a strong infielder. At this point one's eye inevitably falls on the likes of Willie Miranda of the porous bat, Brooks Robinson of the unrealized potential and Bobby Avila of the better days: the Orioles will not make it out of the second division...