Word: hanks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cleared up. Kudymenko, Zhigan and Sevastyanov popped up in the line-up of the Kiev Dynamo team, which needed extra strength for a big game with Leningrad. No matter how loudly they squawked, Odessa fans could do no more about it than Detroit fans could when the Tigers sold Hank Greenberg. Local officials explained, "Alas, it's all over. It's out of our hands now." The Kiev Dynamo, like all the Dynamo soccer teams, is sponsored by the Soviet secret police...
Bing Crosby Show (Wed. 10 p.m., ABC). Guests: Groucho Marx, Hank Greenberg...
...most part the hitters were ahead of the pitchers. Hank Greenberg, the Pirates' new home-run specialist, hit one the second day, and pretty soon everybody was doing it. The iffy New York Giants clouted six in one game against the Dodgers. The Reds' Eddie Miller, a fine shortstop but not much of a hitter, busted four in six days. The Boston Red Sox' third-baseman, Eddie Pellagrini, was ordered to bunt and socked a homer over the fence. Said he, after trotting shamefaced around the bases: "I'm sorry ... I just don't know...
...Hank Hits Two. One of last year's mysteries was the failure of the American League to uncover any outstanding rookie (the National League dug up about half a dozen). This year the Americans had a star candidate in right-handed Pitcher Art Houtteman. Of all places, he will play in Detroit, which many think already has the best pitching staff (Newhouser, Trout, Trucks, etc.) in baseball. The Boston Red Sox, rated even money to win their pennant again, hope to fill their big hole in right field with an ex-Marine rookie, Sabath ("Sam") Mele...
...established stars were taking it easy, letting the rookies have the play. They wanted to be in shape by mid-April when base-hits begin to count, not in March. But last week, the Pittsburgh Pirates' big Hank Greenberg let out a notch. Result: two home runs in one game...