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Brigham ended the game with a really overpowering ninth inning. He struck out two pinch-hitters on a total of six pitches, then threw two more strikes before inducing Nelson to pop up for the final...
...Eastern railroads skidded (TIME, April 14). the Erie wheezed in with a quarterly deficit of $2.800.000. pared executives' salaries by 10%. Chemicals and paper companies continued to feel the pinch. For Union Carbide, second biggest U.S. chemical maker (first: Du Pont), the first-quarter net tumbled to 70? a share v. $1.18 a year ago. International Paper Co. sales slipped 10% for the quarter, and earnings will show a sharper drop. In appliances. Whirlpool's per-share earnings were almost halved to 25? a share. Admiral Corp.'s earnings also dipped, and Philco "will undoubtedly show...
...game for the Crimson with a booming triple to deep right-center, only to be stranded there as the next three batters failed to bring him in. In both the third and seventh innings, the varsity put men on third with two outs, but neither Captain Bob Cleary nor pinch-batter Jim Shue was able to deliver the clutch...
Then followed the most bizarre play of the game. Pinch-hitter Dave Borken-hagen tapped a grounder to short. The shortstop threw high to second, missing the force play; the second baseman over-threw first trying to make the out there; and finally the pitcher, who retrieved the ball, threw wide to the plate trying to catch Hathaway, and even Borken-hagen scored on this final error...
...Fear that next summer will see an auto strike adds to the recession pinch by making autoworkers, steelworkers, suppliers, et al. all the more reluctant to spend their money...