Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Southpaw, 15-game winners Eddie Lopat (lost 10) and Tommy Byrne (lost 7) will probably pitch the third and fourth games. Lopat is cagey, Byrne fast, but both are erratic. Lopat was invaluable in the last weeks; Byrne's greatest contribution to the Yankees was in the first ten weeks of the season...
Masterful in picking the right sport to pitch to and then finding it; left handed Roe should be tougher on the Yanks than fast-balling right-hander Newcombe, who came up from Montreal in May to lead the Brooks in wins--17, complete games--19, shutout--5, and strikeouts...
Ralph Branca (13-5) is a possible starter, as is Rex Barney (9-8). Branca opened the year well, faded fast; Barney has been a failure...
...line for spotting and knocking down approaching aircraft is another neat little job in itself. There is an increasing feeling that the fleet ought to spend more time worrying about these tasks, building up its anti-submarine forces and turning out specific anti-aircraft units like the fine new fast-living cruiser Worcester. There is an equally increasing feeling that it ought to finally bow gracefully out of the field of strategic bombing, make a little less noise, and get to work...
Hartz rose fast from a teaching fellow in 1942 to instructor in 1945, to assistant professor in 1947. His courses have included a General Education class in Democratic Theory and its Crities...