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...three networks had assembled seven cameras and nearly 100 technicians to put the show on the air. There was no script-only a brief "walk-through" rehear sal. Except for bad timing (the hour-long show ran twelve minutes short), there were surprisingly few blunders. In a week marked by political rebuffs on the steel issue (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the President could console himself with the knowledge that, as a TV master of ceremonies, he had given at least one outstanding performance...
...remainder of the field event picture was bleak. New England Champion Sal Mazzacco and Bob Seller won the broad jump and weight throw respectively for the Huskies. Only Dwight Black, who placed second, looked good for the Crimson in the 35 pound weight throw, indicating that the Crimson may be weak in this event for the first time in several years. In the pole vault, Mello was the only Harvard vaulter clearing 10 feet, 6 inches and, at present, there appears little chance of getting additional depth. Even in the high jump, supposedly one of the Crimson's strongest events...
...misses, that earned them next-to-last place in the fielding averages. They still struck out with gusto, but someone usually came up with the game-winning hit at the right time. They began running the base paths with a hell-for-leather dash. The pitchers, steadied by Sal Maglie and Larry Jansen (23 victories apiece), settled down to a routine rotation. Shortstop Dark teamed up perfectly with pepperpot Second Baseman Eddie Stanky, gobbled up double-play balls by the drove (team, total...
Third string catcher Sal Yvars, the only Giant who had not yet appeared in the series (not counting Mueller), walked nervously in from the bullpen. He dumped the first pitch into the unpatrolled sector behind second base...
...beaten out of the pennant in a postseason playoff. The Giants, rated as red-hot contenders in spring training, had bumbled into an eleven-game losing streak at the beginning of the season, could never seem to get going again. But in mid-August, behind the standout pitching of Sal Maglie and Larry Jansen, they had started to move, and won a phenomenal 37 of their last 44 games. With the pressure on, the Dodgers dropped five of their last eight games. Now they needed to beat the Phillies, even to stay in the race...