Word: recordation
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Allie Reynolds will start today, and start is just the word for it. With a 17-6 record, the ex-Indian completed only four games all year. But while he is good--usually for five to seven innings--he is as good as anybody...
...DiMaggio. Furthermore, the 26-year-old pride of Pittsburgh seemed to be improving with age. One night last week, with 50 homers to his credit, he stepped to the plate with 11,881 fans howling for him to hit another. With the National League's home-run record of 56 (set by Hack Wilson back in 1930) so close and time so short, Kiner's big problem was to keep from pressing. "When I try to force one," he explains, "it's no good...
...easy, carefully grooved swing. The ball cleared the left-field fence for home run No. 51. Three innings later, he put No. 52 in the same place. To Pittsburghers, who head for the exits the moment Kiner has taken his last turn at bat, even Babe Ruth's record mark of 60 (in 1927) still seemed within Kiner's reach...
After its unveiling on the air, those who doubted their ears could buy the record themselves (from Butterworth, for $3) and listen again...
...federal government that both papers refused to mention the radio stations, and canceled or turned down newspaper advertising contracts with businessmen who bought radio time. When the Horvitz brothers applied for licenses to start their own radio stations, they were turned down by FCC last year because of their record of "suppressing competition and establishing [advertising] monopolies...