Word: sandlot
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...Kensington section of Philadelphia on Sept. 3, 1917, of German-Russian parents. His father, a leather glazer, was a frustrated semi-pro ballplayer. By the time Eddie could sit up, he was rolling a baseball on the floor. His mother recalls a pickup game on a nearby sandlot, when Eddie was still only a shaver. He was the catcher, and, overeager as usual, he crowded so close to the plate that he was knocked cold when the batter swung. Mother Stanky, an unperturbed spectator, said: "Just throw a bucket of water on him. He'll be all right." Eddie...
...plunked him on third base, and brought in Lefthander Bill Pierce to pitch to lefthanded slugger Ted Williams. Williams popped up, Pierce left the game, Dorish went back in to pitch, and the White Sox finally won in eleven innings. Richards explains the switch, which is no novelty in sandlot ball but a rarity in the big leagues, with a characteristic comment: "I play the percentage if it will win a ball game...
...trust the results of two recent polls, the social and psychological effects of television on young children need some intensive study. These polls, one conducted at Stamford, Conn. and the other at Roselle, N. J., indicates that video has replaced the comic book, sandlot baseball, and even eating as the primary interest of juveniles...
...majors' most distinguished record holder: Outfielder Tyrus Raymond Cobb, who played in 3,033 games in 24 years, quit at 41 with a record lifetime batting average of .367, a record of 892 stolen bases. * Since 1944, director of sandlot baseball for the New York Journal-American...
...Yardlings played sandlot ball yesterday afternoon in losing to Tufts '52, 11 to 3. Spider Webb went seven innings for the Crimson and his record absorbs the defeat...