Word: vic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gussie's folding money, the Cards have picked up the Yankees' aging (34) Vic Raschi to beef up a pitching staff weakened by the loss (to the Army), of Wilmer ("Vinegar Bend") Mizell. They have a 25-year-old, $100,000 shortstop named Alex Grammas, out of Kansas City in Class AAA, who should give Regular Solly Hemus a run for his position. For another $100,000 they have hard-hitting Tom Alston, a first baseman and the first Negro on the Cardinal roster. And they have an impressive list of seasoned money players: Outfielder Enos Slaughter, Second...
Other top entertainers, including sabby Lewis and his "blue" band, Vic Dickinson and the Mahogany All-Stars, and popular singer Ellie Williams, will entertain...
...Petersburg,the New York Yankees sold expensive (salary: $40,000) Pitcher Vic Raschi, 34, to the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. Raschi, who won 13 while losing six last season, had balked at a salary cut, and the Yankees, said General Manager George Weiss, were fed up with "independently wealthy men, who, through the winning of five pennants and world championships, have become too complacent." Within four days, Holdouts Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford agreed to sign their Yankee contracts...
Martin said the other entertainers will be Sabby Lewis, a piano player who specializes in the "Blues"; Vic Dickinson and the Mahogany Hall All-Starts, a Dixieland Band; Jan Strickland, recording artist; the Wellesley Widows, a group of eight singers from Wellesley College; and freshmen Steve Addis at guitar and Bunny Kuller at piano. William Kaufman '57 will M.C. the show...
Cartoonist Al Capp, creator of "Li'l Abner" and "Fearless Fosdick," heads the list of definite entertainment. Other performers will include Tom Lehrer '47, the Wellesley Widows, the Mahogany Hall All-Stars with Vic Dickinson, and three student acts...