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...dogfight which developed for third place, Hartnett passed Rojas, who was also superceded by two Penn runners--Dennis Pikes, who finished fourth, and Bob Childs, who took fifth...
...been only a handful of authentic superstar catchers in the chronicle of baseball. Roger Bresnahan, who teamed with Christy Mathewson on the old New York Giants, was probably the earliest, and Bill Dickey of the 1930s New York Yankees was possibly the greatest. Others in the pantheon are Gabby Hartnett, Detroit's Mickey Cochrane, and an earlier Redleg, Ernie Lombardi, whose style and skills closely parallel Bench's own. It may well be that Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays in the old Negro League was better than any of them. Then add the Brooklyn Dodger Blockbuster...
Marty Liquori and John Hartnett will be the men to watch. In their last meet, Villanova overwhelmed the Quantico Marines, and Hartnett led the pack with a very strong performance. Liquori was out with an injury...
...days no one laughs at the Cincinnati Reds' Johnny Lee Bench, not even when he says he is going to be baseball's first $100,000-a-year catcher. Instead, rival managers laud him shamelessly. Chicago's Leo Durocher: "Bench is the greatest catcher since Gabby Hartnett." Montreal's Gene Mauch: "If I had my pick of any player in the league, Bench would be my first choice." Los Angeles' Walter Alston: "He'll be the All-Star catcher for the next ten years." Just 22, Johnny Lee does not take the high praise...
...Agent Charles F. Watson. In Ward 10, Thomas P. O'Neill III, son of the anti-war Congressman, paced his slate to a victory over the incumbents, and a third faction. In Ward 11 City Councillor Thomas Danchy battled against former Mayor Daniel Hayes and Election Commissioner Thomas J. Hartnett. All three won positions on the committee, but the Danehy slate won a majority of the seats. All in all, the results in these five wards jolted the older politicians. The McCarthy vote had some influence in Wards 9 and 10, but otherwise it did not greatly affect the elections...