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...rifle arm of the Red Sox's Vern Stephens. But Rizzuto learned to scoot around his short-field like a hopped-up water bug, to make throws from any position short of standing on his head. Within five years after Stengel's blunt advice, the "Scooter" had nailed down the shortstop job with the New York Yankees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Pride of the Yankees | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Last season, at the advanced shortstop age of 32, the Scooter was still teaching himself a few new tricks. To get a little more power out of his 5-ft.-6-in. frame, he borrowed Heavyweight John Mize's big 36-oz. bat. It worked just fine; he finished the season with a .324 batting average, highest of his major-league career, and 50 extra-base hits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Pride of the Yankees | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Pope Pius XII was presented with a little token of esteem by 700 cheering motor scooter enthusiasts: a shiny, bright blue motor scooter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Hands Across the Sea | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...Gary, Ind., 77-year-old Arie Meyers was charged with reckless driving on his motor-scooter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 16, 1948 | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

...scooter-pooper," a noisy lure for bass, built by Alex Woodle of Greenwood, S.C. Little propellers on the lure make a noise. Hollow resonant chambers make it louder. The bass, attracted, bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Path of Progress | 7/12/1948 | See Source »

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