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...spite of the cold weather, Springfield managed to fill the small grandstand with an enthusiastic crowd, which included a small but vocal group of hecklers. When Crimson catcher Dick Diehl dropped a pitch, the fat little Springfield bat boy yelled, "Hey, frog, you slimy, slidey, goofy thing...
...current flap over the sudden awakening of these men to the un-American nature of their clubs seems to smack more of the old grandstand play than of any enlightenment...
...over the country, Ghanaians were sweeping dirt under the Queen's welcome mat. In Accra, battalions of laborers patched the city's potholed streets and covered over open drainage ditches. Thousands of schoolchildren practiced curtsies before the empty, 15,000-seat grandstand in the huge new Black Star Square. Arches of Ghana's red, yellow and green national colors went up over all the major streets, and telephone poles sprouted five-pointed Ghana stars in colored lights. Orders went out to all cities for Ghanaians to break out paint to make their premises presentable...
...leftfield fortnight ago, Berra threw fleet-footed Tiger Al Kaline out at second base in a decisive play that paved the way for a 1-0 Yankee victory. Against Washington last week, Manager Houk actually sent Yogi into leftfield in the eighth inning for defensive purposes. Leaning into the grandstand, Berra robbed Bob Johnson of a ninth-inning line-drive home run that would have put the Senators ahead...
...grandstand play," snorted Candidate Wagner, who countered by summoning his own advisory council, headed by Ford Foundation President Heald. The council criticized Allen's "caretaker"' plan as inefficient, but also urged the expulsion of Silver & Co. The mayor happily agreed. Then, concerned about charges of state interference in city affairs. Rockefeller toned down Allen's proposal to make reorganization of the board's functions its key item...