Word: ib
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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THIRD FLEET Reese (Dodgers) ss. Grace (Browns) If. McCosky (Tigers) cf. Fletcher (Braves) Ib. Woodling (Indians) rf. Herman (Dodgers) 2b. May (Phillies) 3b. Smith (Pirates) c. Rigney (White Sox)-p. White (Tigers)p. Trexler (Braves...
FIFTH FLEET Ryan (Braves) 2b. Vernon (Senators) If. McQuillen (Browns)cf. Mize (Giants) Ib. Rowe (Phillies) rf. Brancato (Athletics) 3b. Glossop (Cubs) ss. Dickey (White Sox) c. Trucks (Tigers) p. Vander Meer (Reds) p. Klinger (Pirates...
Packers and Giants. Although they were more concerned about the forthcoming home-and-home, do-or-die series with Washington, the New York Giants took time out last week to spill the high-riding Packers, 24-to-0. From mediocre material, stout (270 Ib.) Steve Owen, the Giants coach, has produced a first-rate defensive club-which leads the league in pass interceptions with 26. For the Green Bay game, he gave Halfback-Rookie Howie Livingston the unenviable job of minding Don Hutson, the alltime greatest pass receiver. The rookie did a job on Hutson, intercepted two passes, allowed Hutson...
...both countries the sugar issue was mixed with political dynamite. The Cuban delegation appointed by Batista had been firmly instructed by the politically potent sugar interests to accept nothing less than 3.25? a Ib. But the CCC, with the powerful U.S. sugar lobby leering over its shoulder, could not offer the Cubans a higher price unless they gave domestic U.S. sugar-growers a price increase. Further, the action might set a precedent: Brazil would want more for its coffee, and other nations, chafing under U.S. ceiling prices on their products, might balk at contracting ahead...
...also gave considerable space to ways of reaching the moon, and gave the results of some experiments he had made to send some flash powder to the moon, so earthly astronomers could see the hit. He calculated that only a little flash powder would do the job: 2.67 Ib. for a "just-visible" flash, and 13.82 to be "strikingly visible...