Word: houk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Game. The key to Ford's record this year is work-lots of it. Before the season began, squarejawed, tobacco-chewing Manager Ralph Houk asked Ford if he wanted to pitch every four days. Whitey said he did. "It's good for him," says Houk. "I just hope it keeps up." Says Whitey, the father of three: "I've talked to guys who said when they got to be 32 and 33, they had to bear down harder. I'm 32." The big test should come in the heat of August, which melts 10 Ibs. from...
Blond and crewcut, with a jutting jaw and cold green eyes, Maris is all athlete. He stands an even 6 ft., weighs 202 Ibs., and although by baseball's terms he is known as a wrist hitter, the description is not quite accurate. "Maris," says Yankee Coach Ralph Houk, "is powerful all over." Raised in North Dakota, the son of a supervisor for the Great Northern Railway, he was a phenomenal high school football player. But as he himself admits, Maris is something less than cum laude off the athletic field, and though scouted as a promising halfback...