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Off the field, they are finance majors (all Bs and Cs), who fret mildly because they cannot find identical twins to date-"not even unattractive ones." But on the field, they butt heads with unalloyed pleasure. Drawls Stanford Coach Jack Curtice: "Those boys could go bear hunting with a switch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Twin Trojan Horses | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

And there are other balances, too, between young scientists and young English majors, between knowing how to read a book and how to act or write for a newspaper.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bender Reviews Admissions Policy | 10/16/1959 | See Source »

Theoretically the White Sox should not be able to get off the ground. Until a fortnight ago, when they gambled that Pittsburgh's Ted Kluszewski had conquered his bad back and picked up the muscular first baseman on waivers, the White Sox did not have a man who could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Going--Going--Gone? | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

What holds this odd and elderly crew together is the majors' firmest backbone up the middle: Veteran Catcher Sherm Lollar, 35, who can steady a shaky pitcher with a word; slick Shortstop Luis Aparicio, 25, and quick-handed Second Baseman Nellie Fox, 31, the best double-play combination in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Going--Going--Gone? | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

Early this year Bachelor Koufax was hampered by a sore shoulder that restricted him for five weeks to little more than pitching batting practice and lifting the arm of his hi-fi set (he likes Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky). Overall, he has a record of only 8-4. But with Koufax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kid from Brooklyn | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

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