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...homers settled in Yankee gloves for long outs. Pitchers that the Dodgers had murdered in Brooklyn beat them handily in The Bronx. Brooklyn fans, talking of winning four straight after the Dodgers' first two thumping victories, suddenly recognized that something had gone out of Brooklyn's aging pros...
...professionals were full of theories, laid the decline to a combination of the Suez Canal crisis, tight money, technical factors in the market and a sudden spate of stories touting Democratic chances in November. Some market .analysts raised the specter of a bear market, but most of the pros said no. Said Benton & Co.'s Albert Tompane, a leading U.S. Steel stock specialist: "Money has been tight all summer. People haven't got excess funds. The bull market is leveling off, but we're not in a bear market, and the economy is as sound as ever...
...object is only to ascertain the intention of the competitor at the time of signing the pledge, there was "no surprise to learn that there might be athletes who could not predict their futures." Moreover, there was no "backtracking," only an explanation. The statement does indicate when "aspiring pros become illegitimate." It is that minute when they become aspiring pros...
...Doesn't Pick . . ." Waiting at the inn were his campaign manager, Jim Finnegan (see box), and his old political sponsor, Chicago's Jacob Arvey. Their private discussion of the pros and cons of Adlai's open-race plan floated over an open transom...
...athletes who could not predict their futures and could not sign in good conscience. As complaints poured in, Brundage tried to backtrack: "There is no desire to interfere with those who intend to pursue a legitimate career in physical education, sport administration, press, radio, etc." Just when aspiring pros became illegitimate, Brundage did not say. ¶ Spinning the ball with a vicious kick off the pock-marked turf of Manchester's Old Trafford cricket pitch, England's Jim Laker had Australian batsmen making the long walk to the wicket as if it were a short walk...