Word: hards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When he was through throwing his assorted hard stuff (sliders, curves, fast balls) at the White Sox, Fireman Sherry had completed one of the great pitching performances in World Series history. Sherry saved the second game for the Dodgers, 4-3, by relieving Johnny Podres in the seventh, allowing only one run. He saved the third, 3-1, by getting Outfielder Al Smith to bounce into a double play with the bases loaded in the eighth, fanning three men in the ninth. In the fourth game, he set down the White Sox without a hit in the eighth and ninth...
...Pete Reiser how to throw a slider, this summer finally conquered his control. Even so, Sherry had an unimposing 6-7 record at St. Paul in July when the Dodgers took a chance by bringing him up. But Rookie Sherry developed confidence under the pressure of the Dodgers' hard drive for the pennant, compiled a 7-2 record in the National League. "When I come in from the bullpen," he said, "nothing bothers...
...even the basically sound economy has taken some hard body blows. August machine tool orders were down 17.3% to an estimated $52.4 million as manufacturers held off ordering machines until they were sure of having the steel to feed them. Sales of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers dropped $2.2 billion in August to a rate of $59.5 billion. Freight carloadings were only 74% of normal for this time of year. Assessing the situation, the National Association of Purchasing Agents reported that "the steel strike has lasted too long to enable us to avoid serious dislocations in production. Prospects for good business...
...troubles-among them the revival of the oldtime boiler shop.* Most boiler shops are hit-and-run operations that fold up before the SEC can swing into action. But in the past year the commission, largely through its New York regional office under Paul Windels Jr., has cracked down hard. In fiscal 1959, the SEC's total number of injunctions against brokers and security dealers doubled over the previous year to in, and its number of criminal actions tripled to 45. "We'd do more," says SEC Chairman Edward N. Gadsby, "but we're limited in staff...
Late in the first overtime, varsity inside John Mudd launched a hard shot that looked like the Crimson's winning goal. At the last possible instant, however, little Tony Gebauer, a 5 ft., 6 in. halfback, blocked the ball with his head, stunning himself but ending the varsity's last serious threat...