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McCurdy also announced a switch in the order of his strong mile relay team. Alan Howe will take the lead-off leg, replacing Jack Richards, who will run second. Renny Little and Dave Alpers will still run third and anchor man, respectively...
...Americans turned their native ingenuity to a new game they called "relay race." They set up "imperialist dummies" of Dulles, Adenauer, Chiang Kaishek, Syngman Rhee and Japan's Shigeru Yoshida. They chose sides, one to each "imperialist." The lead-off men then sprinted 100 yards to their imperialists, clouted them on the heads with cudgels and ran back to start off their No. 2s. The No. 25 then attacked the imperialists, and the game went on until the dummies lay torn in shreds. The Communist propaganda game would presumably continue too-until the P.W.s lay broken and worn...
...original authentic voices of The New Yorker belongs to E. B. (for Elwyn Brooks) White. As an editor and frequent lead-off man in the "Talk of the Town" section, E. B. White has done much in the past 28 years to set the urbane, casual pitch which is its hallmark...
...Brooklyn Dodger Second Baseman James ("Junior") Gilliam, who hit .278, fielded .976, led the league in triples (17) and drew 100 bases on balls, as a lead-off batter, was named the National League's Rookie of the Year, the fifth Negro in a row to win the award. Runnerup: St. Louis Cardinal Pitcher Harvey Haddix, who won 20 games, lost...
...power hitter, leads both leagues in home runs (19), is second in runs batted in (52), and is hitting at a .318 clip. Often awkward last year, Mathews is "a major-league third baseman now," says Grimm. Fleetfooted Outfielder Bruton (30 stolen bases last year), usually the Braves' lead-off batter (.273), ranges centerfield like a hawk. Flanking Bruton are a pair of old pros, Leftfielder Sid Gordon, 34, and Rightfielder Andy Pafko, 32. They are the only men in the regular starting line-up who are in their 30s, and the only ones with more than a couple...