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...LITTLE LEAGUER whose game had been rained out took shelter under the open walled shelter of the Fairbanks picnic area one evening, waiting out the shower before riding his bike home. His great-grandfather had been one of the early Alaskan bush-pilots; his father is a carpenter, and his mother is an Eskimo (or Alaskan Native, as all Alaskan Indians and Eskimos are called) from a large Eskimo village to the North. He was a bright and talkative kid who enjoyed telling stories about the winter hunting and trapping trips he makes with his father; flying their small plane...
...Most Valuable Player. This season he hit .276 and led the Orioles in hits with 168. Asked how much of his ability with the glove is acquired, the softspoken, balding Robinson says: "Not a whole lot, really. I mean, what can I or anybody else tell a major leaguer about picking up a ground ball? You either...
COLUMBIA-RUTGERS: New York football observers were shocked this morning when Mayor Lindsay, an Ivy Leaguer and a New Yorker, endorsed the Rutgers football team. Lindsay said he could keep silent no longer. So now a prediction is tougher than ever. But on the other hand, this one's as easy to guess as the rest. The Lion...
...wonderful world, baseball, full of unspoiled heroes and magnanimous owners and a pantheon of Gods whose names are Ruth and DiMaggio, Cobb and Williams, Musial and Wagner. Jim Bouton, like most American boys, believed so much in the dream that he wanted to be a "big leaguer." Ball Four is the story of his experience with one American myth...
...judge fly balls. Still, it is incredible that Carty, now 29, has been overlooked by the supposedly knowledgeable men of baseball. He started the season with a lifetime average of .311, the fourth highest among active players in the N.L. Now he is threatening to become the first major leaguer in 29 years to hit .400. Ted Williams, who last did it with a .406 average in 1941, says: "I think he'll make...