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...talking about was Bob Feller. The Cleveland Indians' pride & joy had just pitched a no-hitter that was a prime cut above the average no-hitter. This time luck had practically nothing to do with it; the 27-year-old Iowa strong-boy had just.rared back and blown down the Yankees, baseball's most fearsome array of sluggers. The victory tasted doubly sweet after two recent defeats and press-coop barbs that Feller's $45,000-a-year right arm was losing its sting...
Smathers' old friend Dr. Warren H. Wilson of the Presbyterian, U.S.A. Unit of Rural Church Work helped with the project. Big Lick's 50 families supplied labor. Smathers was the foreman. Said a grizzled Big Lick farmer last week: "That feller did it all. I seen him a-standin' out there in the sun, day after day, takin' holt of the building." By the time the church was built, the people of Big Lick and their pastor had built more than a church. They had welded themselves into a Christian community...
...opening day, the big-name veterans looked as good as they had been touted. The Indians' Bobby Feller and the Yankees' Spud Chandler pitched shutouts. The Tigers' Hank Greenberg and the Yankees' Joe Di Maggio hit home runs. The Red Sox's Ted Williams smacked the longest ball (440 ft.) seen in Washington's Griffith Stadium in 15 years...
...Cleveland Indians had the league's best four-man pitching staff-Bob Feller, Steve Gromek, Red Embree, Allie Reynolds-and the league's best shortstop, Player-Manager Lou Boudreau...
...Feller might be back too late to lift the Indians to the top, but he would do his share to keep the American League pennant race up in the air. His first victory started the Tigers on a weekend skid, which should have dropped them into second place-but Washington conveniently flubbed four straight. The St. Louis Browns, up from sixth to third, closed...