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...butterfly events, newcomers Norma Barton and Kathleen McCloskey should head the Crimson charge. Kathy Davis and Terri Frick should give the squad needed depth in the individual medlies...
...Price 12-15 3-4 10 3 2 27 Smith 6-11 4-4 10 5 2 16 White 4-5 0-1 4 0 5 8 Salters 5-12 0-0 2 9 2 10 Willis 5-14 0-0 2 9 2 10 Frick 1-2 0-0 3 0 1 2 Hall 0-2 0-0 1 1 3 0 Reynolds 0-2 1-2 0 0 0 1 Ross 2-5 0-0 5 0 2 4 Leifsen 2-3 2-3 2 1 2 6 Jackson 0-0 0-2 0 2 1 0 Kuhl...
Cincinnati Reds since 1936, Giles was named National League president in 1951, after withdrawing from a deadlocked election for baseball commissioner in favor of opponent Ford Frick. During the next 18 years, he watched his league end the dominance of the rival American League by winning 16 out of 22 All-Star games and 10 of 19 World Series. After retirement in 1969, the charming, cherubic baseball executive could still turn crusty when defending the interests of club owners. "It's all wrong," complained Giles in 1978, referring to the steep salaries paid some ballplayers. "Too much money...
Like two other names now carved in marble, Carnegie and Frick, the Mellons began their rise amid the soot and grime of Pittsburgh. Born on a farm in Ireland, Paul's grandfather, Thomas, broke away from both the homeland and the land itself to become a lawyer, judge, banker and father of eight children. In the post-Civil War era the Mellons gained control of most of what was worth owning in Pittsburgh, which was a fair part of what was worth owning in industrial America...
DIED. Ford Christopher Frick, 83, low-keyed baseball commissioner (1951-65) and president of the National League (1934-51); in Bronxville, N.Y. As commissioner, Frick remained on the sidelines, viewing himself primarily as an administrator in the employ of team owners. As National League president, however, he acted quickly and effectively in 1947 after Jackie Robinson broke the color line and some of the St. Louis Cardinals threatened to strike rather than play against him. Firmly telling the Cardinals, "You cannot do this because this is America," Frick quashed the threat...