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...city's well-heeled 17th District, who charged into the race five months ago as an authentic Manhattan maverick. He got the G.O.P. nomination and that of New York's labor-oriented Liberal Party, and disassociated himself from all the big-league Republicans-Dick Nixon, Nelson Rocke feller, Dwight Eisenhower-who might have campaigned for him in New York. As his running mates, Lindsay picked an Irish Catholic, University Professor Timothy W. Costello who is chairman of the Liberal Party, for city council president and for comptroller, Milton Mollen, a Brooklyn Jew who had been with the Democratic...
...homer, arid the Giants finally snapped out of their losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the Braves. It was a good thing they did. In Los Angeles, Dodger Pitcher Sandy Koufax shut out the Cardinals 2-0 and recorded his 356th strikeout of the season, breaking Bob Feller's 19-year-old major league record. At week's end the Giants' lead was one slim game...
...again in the ninth, and when he fogged one last fast ball past Pinchhitter Harvey Kuenn, he danced a little jig on the mound. He had won his 22nd game, 1-0. His 14 strikeouts gave him a total of 332 for the season-just 16 shy of Bob Feller's alltime record. More important, he had become the eighth man in modern baseball history to pitch a perfect game, 27 men up, 27 men down-and the first ever to hurl four no-hitters in his career...
...Casey was some psychologist," says Martin. "He'd say, 'Look at that little feller-he can do everything.' And I'd break my fool neck trying to live...
...nine innings. That plus another 12 strikeouts in shutting out Pittsburgh 1-0 for his 21st victory at week's end brought his total K's this year to 279. With about twelve pitching turns to go, he seems a cinch to smash Bob Feller's alltime ma jor league record of 348 strikeouts...