Word: sam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bother us this way?" demanded Chicago's No. 2 hood of the reporter. The hood was Sam (Mooney) Giancana, general manager of Chicago mobdom, and at that particular moment last week he was doing nothing more than throwing a $20,000 wedding reception at the La Salle Hotel for his blonde daughter. The reporter was the Chicago Tribune's Sandy Smith, 39, who rarely misses the chance to crash a mob soiree. "Sure." pleaded Giancana, "some of us are ex-convicts. but are we supposed to surfer forever for a few mistakes we made in our youth? Look...
...Statehood for an archipelago in the Pacific inevitably raised new hopes on an island in the Caribbean, but Puerto Rico's bear-like Governor, Luis Muñoz Marin, sees a future for the island that veers away from statehood and toward a well-padded autonomy from Uncle Sam...
...place Pirates gave up power that they could ill afford to lose when they traded Slugger Frank Thomas to the Cincinnati Reds. In the winter trading, the Giants picked up two established starting pitchers: Jack Sanford, 29, who won 19 games for Philadelphia two years ago, and aging (33) Sam ("Toothpick") Jones, a hard-throwing curve-bailer who led the league last year in strike-outs (225), was second in earned-run average (2.88), managed a 14-13 record for a St. Louis team that scored fewest runs in the league. With Lefthanders Johnny Antonelli (16-13 last year...
...14th inning in Detroit, Nellie Fox hit a two-out, two-run home run to give the Chicago White Sox a 9-7 victory. The peppery little second baseman, who failed to hit a home run in 623 times at bat last season, connected against Don Mossi just after Sam Esposito lined a single to left field...
Manager Bill Rigney's pitching, thanks to the acquisition of Sad Sam Jones and Jack Sanford, seems set. Johnny Antonelli won 16 last year and should improve on that figure, Mike McCormack is ready for stardom, and Stu Miller and Al Worthington should prove helpful. The Giants are stronger than last year, but they are still a little young...