Word: header
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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CHICAGO, May 27--The Chicago White Sox edged the Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 15 innings today on a two-out, run-scoring single by relief pitcher Jim Wilson but dropped the second game of a double-header...
...league ball player, Cy never earned more than $2,500 a season, but he thought nothing of working in both halves of a double header. He never bothered much with fancy stuff-never threw a spitter even though it was legal, never relaxed with a change of pace. He relied on his fast ball and a variety of tricky curves...
Although it finally won going away, the Crimson had a tough battle for the first two periods. The only score for the victors in the first half was Grey Hodnett's slanting header of a long pass from outside right Bill Lingelbach after one minute of the second quarter, but this was matched four minutes later when George Deemys tallied for Tufts. The varsity kept the ball beyond midfield in the first two quarters but this advantage was equalized by the daring play of Tufts goalie winton Briggs, who roamed far from the nets to intercept Crimson passes...
...than Baltimore, where, five days before, the Yanks had blown another and wound up blaming it on the umpires (see cut). It was hard to believe New York was still in the league. But the Yankees knew better. Next day, they gave Cleveland a rough afternoon, split a double header, stayed ii games back and managed to remind Manager Al Lopez pace-setting Indians that they were still running hard in the pennant race...
...American League pennant race showed no signs of slowing down. With homers by Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees kept a precarious hold on first place, took the initial game of a double-header with Chicago, 6-1. But the second-place White Sox bounced back, 3-2, thanks to Third Baseman Bob Kennedy's first inning, three-run homer. The split held the Yankee's lead to half a game. Poor pitching cost the Cleveland Indians a double-header with the seventh-place Senators (8-2, 13-4), dropped them from a first-place...