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...Southpaw Puleston works from his own freehand sketches and color notes, and consults museum bird skins (stuffed but unmounted) . Each delicately brushed watercolor takes 15 to 20 hours. "When I'm going full blast every free evening," says Puleston, "I can finish a painting in about a week." Last week Puleston laid aside his brushes and took up binoculars to join in the annual splurge of Christmas bird counting reported in SPORT. He was one of a Viking-blooded group which chartered a fishing boat to cruise the Atlantic off Long Island and New Jersey, prepared to brave arctic...
Lefthanded Hitter Duke Snider, whose batting has fattened for years while the opposition pitched righthanders against his righthanded teammates, tried every trick in the book to boost his average. In the last game against the Giants he was faced with an unexpected surprise: the Giants' sparkling southpaw Ace Johnny Antonelli. The Duke promptly came up with a sore shoulder and sat out the game. In the next game he was right back at his hard-hitting ways...
...pennant for New York. At week's end, facing a crucial three-game series with the Giants, the Braves faltered, stood a formidable 4½ games off the pace. But the Giants were ready. By spoonfeeding his puny pitching staff, Manager Leo Durocher had saved his two aces: southpaw, Johnny Antonelli, 24, who has won 20 games, nearly a quarter of all Giant victories, and creaking Sal Maglie, 37, who has won 13 big ones. What is more, the Giants still have Willie Mays...
...Southpaw Wind-Up. Wrist watches with winding knobs on the left side of the case for southpaws were put on the market by Hamilton Watch Co. of Lancaster, Pa. Price...
Facing MacKenzie will probably be senior John Cooke, a surprise selection by Coach Stuffy Mcinnis. Cooke is a southpaw with three years of varsity experience and excellent control...