Word: ott
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Four weeks ago at the Polo Grounds, Schoolboy threw one that did a dipsy-doodle. It veered crazily downward the same way a knuckle ball does-and everybody knew that knucklers are not Schoolboy Rowe's specialty. The Giant batsman struck out by a foot. Manager Mel Ott rushed out of the dugout to protest; he demanded to see the ball...
...Athletics' Benny McCoy, now no longer in the major leagues; in 1941, it was the Cubs' "Mad Russian" Lou Novikoff, who has since gone back to the Pacific Coast League where he came from. There had also been publicized rookies who fared better: 1926's Mel Ott, 1937's Bobby Feller and 1936's Joe Di-Maggio. Drawls Clint Hartung: "I've made no promises and I've got nothing to live up to. Those sport writers will probably forget about me after I strike out a few times...
Giant Manager Mel Ott was not exactly sleepless over the loss of third baseman Reyes and show-offy Danny Gardella, a fair slugger who has a knack of making fly balls look hard to catch (he often ends by not catching them...
When Army's classy backfield combination of Doc Blanchard and Junior Davis turned up on TIME'S cover three weeks ago, it was only the second time in four years that TIME had put an athlete on its cover. Except for baseball's Mel Ott (July 2, 1945), no sports figure-for obvious reasons -had made the cover since two months before Pearl Harbor. Some sportsmen, who are among the most superstitious of mortals, considered this a good thing for all concerned...
Cullenbine, Detroit 18 Ott, New York...