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...them home. Two more walks filled the bases, and a moment later the crowd roared with delight as Farrell wildpitched the winning run home to give the Giants a three-game sweep of the series. "How's that for a way to win a game?" crowed Manager Bill Rigney. "We seem to find a new way every...
...issue in 1952 was Korea and the Dems' sad handling of that situation. If "softness toward Communism" can be construed to mean softheadedness toward Korea, your speculation on the chances of a Roman Catholic Veep helping the Dems win in '56 could be justified only if Father Rigney were a candidate. With Red Chinese ranging in Burma, hardy Tibetans battling Mao's tanks with muskets, and a powder-keg "peace" in Korea, I doubt if even a Catholic nudist with the stature of Diana Dors or the popularity of Elvis Presley could do much effective "muffling...
...friends; everyone was very happy-or so Leo and Giant President Horace Stoneham insisted. When asked if he was through with baseball, Leo was more coy still. Would he move to the Cardinals? The Braves? Television? For once, Leo was not talking. The new Giant manager: ex-Giant Bill Rigney, now managing the Millers, the Giants' Minneapolis farm club. In Pittsburgh, Pirates Manager Fred Haney spoke with precision. After three years in the National League cellar, Haney, with no surprise, said he was fired...
...National Red Cross Society of China invited Mrs. Addie Rigney, 77, of Chicago, to visit her son, the Rev. Harold W. Rigney, 54, onetime U.S. Air Force chaplain, postwar rector of Fu Jen University in Peking and a prisoner of the Chinese Reds since 1951. But Mrs. Rigney was refused a passport by the State Department, was told that the priest's problem was on the agenda of the Geneva Conference...
...centerfield. At the same time, fans poured onto the field, heading for the outfield exit. Out in Texas-league country, Leo and Fred Boysen crossed paths. A few seconds later, Boysen was picking himself up from the turf and Durocher was walking away flanked by Second Baseman Bill Rigney, No. 18, and Fred Fitzsimmons, No. 6 (see cut). Leo Durocher was off the sport pages and on Page One again...