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...crucial match, varsity mainstay Red Grant came through with a 4-0 decision over Princeton's Dan Dent in the 191-pound class. A Tiger win would have tied the match and led to eventual victory, since heavyweight Duke Hurley lost 6 to 5 to Gerry Norton on a slam penalty...
...long run it may also open the way for a chain reaction of similar breakoffs by other nations disgusted with Castro, and lead to collective action by the Organization of American States. A hemisphere quarantine against the bearded revolutionary is probably months away, but the doors are beginning to slam shut throughout Latin America...
...Whango!" The Yankees' No. 8 hitter was another second baseman: Bobby Richardson, 25, this year the epitome of the goodfield, no-hit infielder. All season long he had only hit a single home run But in the third game of the series Richardson hit a grand-slam home run to lead his team to a 10-0 victory and in the sixth, belted two towering triples as the Yankees won, 12-0. Richardson's final total of twelve runs batted in set a World...
...runs and loaded the bases when the unlikeliest slugger of them all stepped into the box, looking fully as dangerous as any promising Little Leaguer. Second Baseman Bobby Richardson got every bit of his 5-ft. 9-in., 166-lb. frame behind his swing and hit a grand-slam home run into the leftfield seats. For Richardson, the home run was only the fourth of his four-year major league career. Later, with a single to left, Richardson drove in two more runs for a day's total of six-and a World Series record. Mantle drove...
...idea that Mort Sahl's man-slam humor is really a helpful "implied positivism" is pretty humorous in itself...