Word: platee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Joel Bernstein started, and while he appeared to have good stuff, he couldn't find the plate, throwing nine straight balls in the first inning. He pitched out of that frame with only one score against him, but when he walked the first two men in the second inning, Coach Norm Shepard took him out. He was charged with three runs, all earned, on no hits and five passes, with one strikeout...
Joel Bernstein is still slated to open the varsity's local season, but it is much less certain who will be behind the plate. Of late, Coach Norm Shepard has been trying Matt Botsford, presumably to strengthen the offense, but it is more than possible that Phil Haughey may get a chance to cure his batting troubles, at least in the beginning...
...question about the team is that of who will catch for Bernstein. Coach Norm Shepard has been experimenting with Matt Botsford behind the plate, using him there in batting practice both in the South and during this week. It will be either Botsford or Phil Haughey behind the plate today, and the guess here is Botsford...
...weekly L'Express, which has been attacking French army excesses in Algeria (TIME, April 1). Some shouted, "Mendès to the gallows"; others cried, "Down with Mollet." They carried placards: "Are Our Deputies Still French?" A grenade exploded, a paving stone crashed through the big plate-glass window of the L'Express building, and steel-helmeted riot police moved in, clubs swinging...
...show ring. When she did lose, she was always in double harness, her talent slowed by a teammate. Going through her paces alone, she had no peer. All told, the "Million Dollar Hackney Mare" won about $25,000 in prize money, including $2,800 worth of silver plate and a trophy room full of cups and ribbons. Crowds cheered her entry into show rings as if she were Sarah Bernhardt...