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...strike-outs (774), held the opposition to the lowest composite batting average (.238), and had the league's second-lowest earned-run average. The staff's main supports: Bill Pierce (15-12), Veteran Joe Dobson (14-10), Saul Rogovin (14-9), Reliefer Harry Dorish. "We kept the nucleus of this good staff," says Richards, "and made it stronger with trades." One trade, with Washington, brought him young (21) Cuban Mike Fornieles, who pitched a one-hitter against the A's in his major-league debut last year. Another pitching hopeful is Rookie Bob Keegan, 20-11 last...
...Wilson surveys the outdoor prospects, he thinks he can win every meet. "Indoors, we had a good nucleus," he said, "but we won primarily because of a team that just ran the opposition into the ground...
Flying Speed. All of T.W.A.'s pre-World War II equipment, including the five famed old Boeing Stratoliners. was sold off. The nucleus of World War II's Air Transport Command, they had flown for ten years and 25 million miles without a single accident.* With his 43 new Constellations (including ten Super Connies) and 52 short-haul Martins (including 40 pressurized 404s), Damon has greatly increased T.W.A.'s carrying capacity...
Looking over his team, Maras sees a group of talented, but actually inexperienced youngsters, who may develop into the nucleus of a fine varsity team...
...Weinberger dropped around early in the fall," Glenn explains, "and the next thing we knew we were discussing our investments and talking about founding the club." Actually, Glenn had the idea before he came to the graduate school. Weinberger supplied a nucleus of interested members from a group of friends with whom he had often discussed investments during the preceding year...