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...Philadelphia, 86-year-old Connie Mack has a rookie pitcher who looks even better. He is Alex Kellner, 24, a Navy vet whose father once pitched a no-hitter for Tucson in the Arizona-Texas League and whose grandfather once fought John L. Sullivan in a New Orleans exhibition. Last week at Shibe Park, exploiting his breaking stuff and a fast ball that "takes off," Southpaw Kellner won No. 10 by limiting the White Sox to five hits. With a 10-3 record, he is well on his way to becoming a 20-game winner his first year...
...notes of the heralding chorales died away, the 236 members of the great festival choir filed into their seats in the chancel in back of the orchestra. Boston's E. Power Biggs slid onto his bench at the organ. The soloists, including the Metropolitan Opera's bass, Mack Harrell, took their seats in front. In decorous silence-there is no applause in Packer Chapel-Welsh-born Conductor Ifor Jones strode to the podium. After a darting look around, he lifted his hands to begin the great double-chorused Passion According to St. Matthew that Johann Sebastian Bach...
...asked President Mack, did anybody have any questions? One stockholder, who had not been wasting his time on soft drinks, staggered down the center aisle and peered blearily at Mack. Why, he demanded, had executive bonuses been maintained while the dividend had been passed? Said Mack: bonuses had been scaled down according to the earnings (in 1948, Mack got $20,000 on top of his $104,000 salary). Anyway, he added, good executives "don't come a dime a dozen...
Shots & Shares. After he stumbled off, another stockholder popped up. Why not put vending machines in high-school cafeterias? Mack said he would try. Why had Pepsi's simple offices in Long Island City been sold, and expensive, midtown Manhattan offices rented instead? Said Mack: renting was cheaper and, anyhow, shouldn't executives have dignified offices? The stockholders applauded...
...more shot was taken at Mack's salary. Did he think he was worth more than the President of the U.S. Said Mack smoothly: "I don't put myself in a class with Mr. Truman...