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...Among the dozen players who have topped it are Ty Cobb (.367), Rogers Hornsby (.358), Tris Speaker (.344) and Ted Williams...
Until Maury Wills started stealing bases by the bushel for the 1962 Dodgers, everyone in baseball thought Ty Cobb's modern record of 96 thefts in a single season was untouchable. Now anyone who assumes that Wills' mark of 104 is beyond reach must count again. Last week, not quite halfway through the season, St. Louis Cardinal Leftfielder Lou Brock stole his 50th base, putting him 28 games ahead of Wills' 1962 pace. As if that were not enough, Brock has collected those steals in only 56 attempts, for an astonishing success rate...
Crucial Fraction. That is quite a compliment for a man who moves on 35-year-old legs. At an age when Ty Cobb was able to steal only nine bases in a season and Wills had slowed down to 52, Brock looks as streamlined as he did a decade ago. He stands 5 ft. 11 in. and weighs a trim 170 lbs. Stop watches have clocked his dash from first to second at 3.5 sec., half a second better than the average baserunner. It is a crucial fraction. "It takes a pitcher an average of eight-tenths of a second...
Sweet land of lib-er-ty...
...curious idea works in a delightful way. Mrs. Mowatt's cautionary tale has the pretentious Mrs. Tiffany bankrupting her husband with her ostentation and trying to marry off her daughter to a phony French count. The women, playing all roles - male and female - except for Count Jolimaitre (Ty McConnell), perform with just the right note of light camp. They all but twirl hypothetical mustaches. The songs by Don Pippin and Steve Brown have a rollicking charm. When Mrs. Tiffany (Mary Jo Catlett) embarks on her fantasy of "My daughter the Countess," she is aquiver with such an exuberance...