Word: stengel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this week, when the Dodgers blew a crucial game to the sixth-place Cincinnati Reds, only a timely St. Louis victory over the Giants kept the Brooklyn lead at 3 games (compared with their 6-game lead at the same pre-disaster time last year). Yankee Manager Casey Stengel, aiming for his fourth straight pennant, had a more convincing answer for Cleveland. In the final Cleveland-Yankee game of the season the Yankees won, 7-1, and were in front again by 2½ games...
...16th seat on the Council will go to a member with special duties on the National Student Association Committee. Henry Stengel 3G and Donald J. Young 3G are in the running for this post and final results will be announced at Wednesday night's meeting, the final one of the spring term...
...positions includes membership on the Council's National Student Association Committee; Donald J. Young 3G and Henry Stengel 3G are running for this seat...
...usual, the Yankees are still the Yankees, however, and can't be discounted. With rookies and yearlings all over the infield and outfield, the Bombers still have an up-the-middle combination of Berra, McDouglad, and Rizzuto along with three of the best pitchers in the game. Casey Stengel's magic may well pull them in first for the fourth straight year...
...Been Saying . . ." Stengel paused to take a swig of beer, and went on: "I got this guy [Infielder Gil McDougald]. He may look funny at bat [average: .306], but he was the best rookie last year. He can play second or third. I don't know where I'll play him . . . I'm still experimenting ... I still got the best utility infielder [Billy Martin*] in the majors . . . And how about that guy [$65,000 bonus-boy Andy Carey] on third today? Got three hits, didn't he? . . . What's the matter with...