Word: washingtons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Detroit's Frank Lary threw a high, hard one, sent Washington's Harmon Killebrew sprawling in the dirt. Husky (6 ft., 195 Ibs.) Third Baseman Killebrew was unruffled. He rose, socked the next pitch far into the leftfield bleachers to tie the score. Next time up, he blasted a long three-run homer to bring the Senators a 7-4 victory...
...just. 15 miles from Weiser, where a Senators' scout discovered the great Walter Johnson 53 years ago. At high school Killebrew starred in football, basketball and baseball, was spotted as a promising native son by Idaho's laie Senator Herman Welker. At Welker's urging, a Washington scout traveled west in 1954 to watch the youngster play semipro ball in the Idaho-Oregon Border League. Killebrew promptly went 14-for-14 (five homers, four triples), belted one homer over a fence 435 ft. away. The tightfisted Senators unbuckled their bankroll, paid out $30,000, and Killebrew became...
Died. Reuven Shiloah, 49, Israeli diplomat, Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington (1953-57), a director of Israeli intelligence operations during Israel's struggle for independence; of a heart ailment; in Tel Aviv...
Died. Howell G. Crim, 60, longtime (1930-57) usher at the White House who served under four Presidents, became chief usher in 1938; of a lung ailment; in Washington...
...York 9Baltimore 0 Baltimore 2 New York 1 Washington 8 Boston 3 Cleveland 3 Detroit 2 Detroit 6 Cleveland 3 Kansas City 8 Chicago...