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Champion. Ring Lardner's prize middleweight heel, played with a wallop by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...
Champion. Ring Lardner's prize middleweight heel, played with a wallop by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...
...first game, Brooklyn Pitcher Elwin ("Preacher") Roe tempted Outfielder Stan Musial with a slow, change-of-pace curve; Musial eyed it carefully and whaled the ball over the right-field fence. In his box, the Dodgers' Branch Rickey generously remarked: "That Musial is a great hitter." The wallop was just a foretaste of what was going to happen to Brooklyn. The Cards won that game, 3-1, won the second game...
...Nebraska and other regions that produce alfalfa seed, wild bees are getting scarcer. In recent years, the yield of seed per acre has been steadily going down. Dr. Hixson has been crossing alfalfa strains, breeding them for gentleness of pistil. He hopes to develop flowers with so soft a wallop that even the timidest bee will not be afraid to alight on them...
Champion. Ring Lardner's prize middleweight heel, played with a wallop by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April...