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Meanwhile, Gibson was mowing down the Yankees with regularity; he yielded only six hits in the game and struck out 13. In the second inning he had loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batsman, but extricated himself by whiffing Clete Boyer and Yankee hurler Mel Stottlemyer...
...present its case, which consisted chiefly of unsworn testimony by both Sims and Myers that they were innocent. "I believe I was in Athens at the time," said Sims. Parroted Myers: "I do believe I was in Athens at this time." State Solicitor-General Clete Johnson demanded the death penalty, told the jury: "This is an extreme case and demands the extreme penalty. It was cold-blooded assassination...
That invulnerable, mythical unit called the Yankee first string has only played 11 innings. Roger Maris, Mickey Mantie, and the supposedly more sturdy Tom Tresh developed injuries almost before the first ball was pitched. Tony Kubek is a recent newcomer to the line-up, and even Clete Boyer missed several days...
THIRD BASE--Jim Davenport holds the fort for San Francisco here, and does well at it, both in the field and at the plate (.300). But he doesn't do quite as well as Clete Boyer...
...Pryor reported that at first, among the crew, "nobody believed it." He heard a sailor remark shortly, "It's like somebody dying in your own family." Reported Douglas Edwards from London: "Everyone here wandered if there couldn't be some mistake." Reported the Blue's Clete Roberts from Rome: "I met an American soldier. He came up to me and said: 'The President is dead. I feel so funny. I've got to talk to somebody.' That was how I learned. . . ." Tchaikovsky & Prayers. As poignant as any broadcast comment was a quiet...