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...community tree. Christmas afternoon, he trudged out to the White House garage to shake hands with all the chauffeurs. He drove to the Navy's Bethesda Hospital and the Army's Walter Reed Hospital to greet disabled veterans. He received a cocker spaniel pup named Feller, the first presidential dog at the White House since the Roosevelt Scottie, Fala...
Born. To Bob Feller, 28, star Cleveland Indian pitcher, and Virginia Wintrier Feller, 28: their second child, second son; in Waukegan, Ill. Name: Martin William. Weight...
Another champion was acting the part last week, after a slow start. Rapid Robert Feller won No. 17 for the season, as many as any American League pitcher. Cleveland Indian Owner Bill Veeck (rhymes with neck) celebrated the occasion by giving Feller a $40,000 bonus. Added to his regular salary, this will bring 28-year-old Bobby Feller's 1947 pitching earnings well over $80,000-the highest Babe Ruth ever made in one year...
Blackwell's fast ball is generally conceded to be slower than the 98.6 m.p.h. pitch that made Feller famous, and his curve doesn't bend so sharply. But he manages to hide the ball more expertly: it comes up at a batsman out of nowhere as "alive" as an eel and just as hard to get hold of. Besides getting extra leverage from his wide sidearm sweep, Blackwell's awkward motion keeps enemy batsmen loose at the plate-just in case one of his pitches gets out of control. The third man to face Blackwell...
...sudden it's on the way." Said Joe DiMaggio: "This fellow hasn't been around too long. But he's a hell of a good pitcher. ... I didn't connect very solidly." Added Cleveland's Lou Boudreau, who as Feller's manager should know, "Blackwell equals anything we've got in our league. ... As good as Feller? Well, Feller's in our league, isn't he?" There was one difference between them. Veteran Feller, who has been on top for eleven years and is the highest paid pitcher in baseball, makes...