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Getting Holy Cross off to a fast start, lead-off hitter Ed Petrazzole smashed a deep fly ball to left field. Captain John Ignacio raced for the ball but could not make an over-the-shoulder catch, and the ball dropped for a triple. Crowley's sacrifice fly to left scored Petrazzole...
Nickens walked lead-off batter Phil O'Neill in the second on four straight pitches. Jack Noll hit a hard bunt past first baseman Pete Bernhard and out-raced Nickens to the bag. A second perfectly placed bunt between DeMichele and Nickens allowed catcher Dan Capen to load the bases...
Sophomore Pete Bernhard replaces Ignacio at first base. Coach Park has picked Bernhard as lead-off batter because he has excellent speed. Chico Garcia, a star of last year's Yardling team, probably will start at second base, but junior Bill Cherry is a serious contender for the spot...
...usually a mutual fund) directs the broker executing the order to split his commission with another brokerage firm. Often such fee splitting is a reward for unconnected services such as selling mutual-fund shares; the Government maintains that the custom undermines the whole case for fixed commissions. "Confused." As lead-off witness last week, Vice President Robert Bishop of the New York Exchange declined to defend give ups. "There's not much point in asking us to try and justify things we have decided not to try and justify," he said. Neither, he continued, would he attempt to "rationalize...
Veteran lefty Dick Ellsworth, making his American League debut after coming from Philadelphia in a winter trade, yielded nine hits in going the distance for the Golden Hose. He yielded a lead-off home run to losing pitcher Wilson in the third, but was in control for the rest of the game...