Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Then, in 1948, Bandleader Art Mooney used a banjo in a recording of the 1927 hit, I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover ("that I overlooked before"), and the tune was picked up as Senator Robert A. Taft's presidential campaign song. In 1954 came the Ames Brothers' record of Man with the Banjo, followed by Hey, Mr. Banjo and Banjo's Back in Town...
Locker-Room Tears. In the infield, ham-handed First Baseman Walt Dropo, an adequate fielder, is hitting well enough to hold down the cleanup slot. Second Baseman Nellie Fox, a consistent .300 hitter, has picked up new tricks in the infield, e.g., learned to go to his right for ground balls, under Marion's coaching. Shortstop Chico Carrasquel, not hitting up to par, is still one of the best in the business. Third Baseman George Kell, healthy again after a knee operation last winter, is the old pro who saves the game with a stop or a hit...
...outfield, Minnie Minoso, fighting a dismal batting slump, was found quietly weeping in the locker room after one sorry performance last week ; he came back at week's end to hit a two-run homer against Boston. Minoso teams up with Jim Busby and Jim Rivera to make one of the fastest outfields in baseball. Busby has saved so many games that one newspaper headlined: Winning Pitcher: Busby...
Taking a fast, happy look at the second-quarter balance sheets of U.S. corporations, the President's Council of Economic Advisers reported last week that profits hit an estimated annual rate of $21.2 billion, or $800 million more than during 1955's first three months. Compared with the second quarter a year ago, the gain was more surprising; profits were up $4.4 billion over the spring of 1954, when business was in a slight slump. If earnings continue at the present annual rate, said CEA, they will be the second biggest on record, topped only...
...Roberts. First-rate retelling of the long-run Broadway hit about life aboard a Navy supply ship; with Henry Fonda, James Cagney (TIME, July...