Word: throws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aides flew south to see the President, but under oddly different circumstances. Flying in for a 90-minute conference on the labor racketeering mess exposed by the Senate's McClellan committee hearings, Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell got red-carpet treatment. With Ike's approval Mitchell will throw the Administration's weight behind: 1) passage of legislation (which Ike has already requested three times) that would require union pension- and welfare-fund statements to be filed with the Justice Department and made public; 2) a move to seek congressional authorization for the Labor Department to make public...
While the authorities were busy hopping on Hoak, the Braves and Redlegs were chewing up another old rhubarb: Does Milwaukee Pitcher Lew Burdette throw a spitball? Even Burdette does not deny that he wets his fingers while he fidgets on the mound. But when Cincinnati's Manager Birdie Tebbetts accused him of serving up a spitball, Burdette put on a look of innocence. A spitter? Not he. He always dried his fingers before he pitched, said Burdette...
...warehouse down to the Boston Public Gardens opposite the Common. At this time, and during the rest of the summer, the city's harried mothers bring their offspring over to the garden pond for a ride, a look at the ducks and swans, and a chance to throw peanuts at the pigeons...
...Farino really does throw with a golden arm, the local varsity may well be in for a troubled afternoon. The Army game made it clear that the Crimson's regularly voluminous attack is apt to shrink before a good pitcher...
Pete Harpel, who had won the hammer throw at the Penn Relays the day before, set a meet record in winning the hammer, with teammate John Du Moulin second. Tony Gianelly and Neil Muncaster placed one-two for the varsity in the discus, while Jim Doty won the shot, with Hank Abbott third. Carl Pescosolido won the javelin, while John deKiewiet took the high jump, with Rosenthal and Craig Muncaster in a three-way tie for third...