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Last week Guy Bordelon shot down his fifth "Bedcheck Charley" and became the Navy's first ace of the Korean war. Gratefully, the Navy gave him the Navy Cross...
...general agreement, the golden age of sport occurred somewhere back in the 19205, and the titans of those days-Red Grange, Babe Ruth, Bill Tilden, Charley Paddock, Man o' War-have seldom, if ever, been matched. Last week, however, it was clearer than ever that-for track and field sports-another golden age may be just around the comer...
...Philadelphia Athletics. ("I don't think he ever knew that Cochrane's real name was Gordon," says Mickey.) In good time the baby came, and Mutt Mantle had his way. The baby's middle name. Charles, came from both of Mickey's grandfathers, but especially from Grandpa Charley Mantle, another sandlot ballplayer...
...thousands of straw hatted undergraduates swarmed into New Haven Friday afternoon, accompanied by Smith, Wellesley, and Vassar girls. The first night everyone sang college songs and went home happy. At the field the next day things went along fairly smoothly. The Yale pitcher and captain allowed a run when Charley, the Princeton Tiger, yelled "Skull and Bones" causing him to balk. A group of Lampoon fools paraded around in beanies and T shirts saying, "I go to Harvard...
...standing "a little closer to the plate" than he did last year, when his season's batting average was only .269. "That gives me a little more wood on the ball." Whatever the explanation, Campanella's hitting is a profound source of pleasure to Brooklyn Manager Charley Dressen. who has been shuffling his players frantically to get more power into his lineup. But Dressen is even more pleased, if possible, with Campanella the backstop than with Campanella the batter. "He's really a great catcher," says Dressen. happily ticking off Campy's virtues. "The pitchers like...