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...unconscious habit of turning the trademark toward the ball, thus hitting against the grain and losing the bat's resiliency. The solution: special bats made with the trademark running with the grain so that Berra could have his habit-and his hits. When Cardinal First Baseman Stan Musial grumbled that his bats had lost their "feel," Hillerich hustled to St. Louis, discovered that Musial had worn down the handles a decisive %4th of an inch by scraping them against the dugout steps as he waited...
...says Lockheed's top Polaris man Stan Burris, "is the most unreasonable man if you come to him about a problem you've got today. Tell him about a problem you're going to have in six months, and you've got the most patient and understanding guy you've ever met." The pressure never let up-and then, suddenly, it increased. In August 1957 the Soviets fired their first ICBM, and the oceans narrowed from thousands of miles to 30 minutes. The continental U.S. came within reach of a distant enemy firing from...
...park. In those games, the Giants beat the Cardinals by 3-1 and 6-1, on three-hitters by Right-Hander Sam Jones and Left-Hander Mike McCormick. Said a satisfied Giant: "This is a park for ballplayers." The Cardinals felt differently. Said St. Louis' Stan Musial: "You'd think they'd ask a few ballplayers before they built a park...
...they ever turn professional," said Bandleader Stan Kenton, "I know a lot of guys who aren't going to like it." He was standing in Notre Dame's sprawling field house, where 200 cats had all but blown the roof off in the hippest college bash of them all-the second annual College Jazz Festival. When the musicians packed their instruments and headed back to their campuses last week, they left the panel of five judges- convinced that college combos these days are playing some of the finest and freshest jazz in the land...
Early Declaration. In Washington, Symington held several meetings last week with his top strategists-Lawyer (and onetime White House aide) Clark Clifford, Representative Charlie Brown and Administrative Assistant Stan Fike-to mull over the situation. There were predictions that Symington would make his formal declaration of candidacy earlier than planned-around April 1. But some of Symington's own high command felt that it was a lot later than he thought. Said a St. Louis advocate: "Symington has waited a year and a half too long to put together the kind of organization Kennedy has. What Kennedy...