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...deafness had more lasting reper-cussions on the conduct of baseball. The hand signals used by umpires to indicate whether a pitch is a strike or a ball actually originated with Hoy. Since he could neither hear nor speak, umpires began to signal as a matter of course...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Player Who Didn't Make It to Cooperstown | 2/12/1977 | See Source »

...Island last week the quartet played works by Beethoven, Ives and Karl Korte, and played them with an ease and elegance rare among American chamber- music makers. Where most native groups feature a sharp-edged attack that glitters most brightly m contemporary music, the Beaux-Arts glides throughout the reper tory with a silken, unruffled sheen and a cozy, old-world tonal blend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chamber Music: Living & Making a Living | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

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