Word: makeing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sawyer was never good enough to make the major leagues as a player, but as a minor-league manager in the Yankee chain he learned to recognize young talent, to respect spirit as much as ability. "I'll trade a lazy .300 hitter for a .250 beardown guy any day," he says. Sawyer is no bench manager, works on the third-base coaching line ("It gives the boys confidence"), works hard in his office ("I'm always available") and on the field ("I never humiliate...
...Jeepster, Greenberg hustled relief pitchers out of Cleveland's bull pen, got them to the mound in a matter of seconds compared to the ambling three to five minutes usually required. Less colorful, but equally timesaving, were two other Greenberg suggestions which the Indians now follow: 1) make a pitcher wait his batting turn in the "on deck" circle instead of in the dugout, and 2) make him go to the mound more promptly at the start of each inning. These stunts, the Cleveland management figured, had already cut the time of games by something like 20 minutes...
...when Hopalong insisted on his own horse, Colonel Leonard says he agreed to raise the money for Topper's airlift. Then the blow fell. "The next thing I knew there was a telegram from Cassidy saying he couldn't make it because of 'conflicting engagements.'." Unanimously backed by some 50 civic groups sponsoring the event (including the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who are stuck with a medal struck for Hopalong), Colonel Leonard turned the matter over to an attorney. He gave an even more ominous indication of the public temper: "You know what my kids...
...frequencies all the time. Its need for air room is accentuated by the fact that Russia has few long-distance telegraph or telephone lines. Cities get along with three or four circuits instead of the 200 or so that connect comparable cities in the U.S. To make up for this lack, the Russians use high-frequency radio. U.S.S.R.-wide broadcast hookups, much needed for the Kremlin's round-the-clock pep talks, are sent out to local stations over the air instead of over land-line circuits...
...show), O'Keefe supplies such creature comforts for actors as cots during rest periods. He hires understudies for every part, but has not had to use one yet. Refinements of this kind have encouraged such stars as Fredric March, Eva Le Gallienne, Lilli Palmer and Judy Holliday to make their TV debuts on Ford Theater...