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Subtler Discipline. Walking in Casey Stengel's footsteps. Houk was under severe pressure to produce a winner for the Yankees. "There's only one way to get ahead in this organization," Houk admitted, "and that's to win. It doesn't much matter what else you do, or how people feel about you, or what your personality is. Winning is all that counts." To tighten the shaky Yankee defense, Houk discarded Casey Stengel's platooning tactics, installed Tony Kubek permanently at shortstop, slick-fielding Cletis Boyer at third. To get more power into his lineup...
Forced to fall back on second-line pitching when Bob Turley developed a sore arm and Art Ditmar totally lost his effectiveness. Houk unhesitatingly moved Youngsters Roland Sheldon (10-5) and Bill Stafford (13-9) into the regular starting rotation. The high-strung Yankees, who had detested dictatorial Manager Stengel, responded enthusiastically to Houk's subtler brand of discipline. At a time when his every swing counted in his assault on Babe Ruth's home-run record (TIME, Sept. 29), Roger Maris bunted down the third-base line to squeeze the winning run across the plate...
...certain: the new magazine reads like the old Post. The fiction is the same tug-at-the-heartstrings stuff. Nonfiction will be "weeks, months, even years ahead of press coverage," says the Post; yet the new issue explores mainly old press favorites: ex-Yankee Manager Casey Stengel, Broadway Producer David Merrick, the "young widow." the "new" Japan. Only the touted "Revolution by Design" is clearly different. Twenty-two different type sizes and faces greet the reader from the table of contents page. Photos are sometimes surprisingly abstract. Despite the new look (and a nickel price rise to 20?), pledges...
...have started and won games at many other colleges, a legacy encouraging victories this year. Cornell is strong all over, especially in the backfield. Both teams could win; the Summer News will pick Cornell over Yale, however, even though the temptation is the reverse upon recollection of the Casey Stengel-like firing of coach Lefty James at Cornell last winter...
...dazzling. Swirling through a cloud of dust with razor-sharp spikes flashing high, Cobb gave baseball some of its most memorable moments. He stole 892 bases, 96 in a single season (1915). Three times he stole all the way home from first base, and once, recalls Casey Stengel, he scored from third on an infield pop fly: "Ty just waited until the infielder got ready to throw to the pitcher-and then he went...