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From their first drives, the young pros buckled down confidently to the high-pressure match play, a hole-by-hole, pair-by-pair elimination contest in which the player who takes the most holes wins the round. Ohioan Finsterwald. playing a cool game in 93° heat, won-by two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Young-Timers | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

As important almost as their fast balls is the fizz of excitement the McDaniel boys have injected into the Cards. Behind the McDaniel-fortified pitching staff, the Cards' aging stars are bursting with new life. At 36, First Baseman Stan Musial is no longer able to play through both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Cardinals, Their Pitchers | 7/22/1957 | See Source »

The Restless Panther. Even Queen Elizabeth ignored the 100-degree heat to come out to watch Althea play for the title against California's chunky Darlene Hard. It was no contest. Ranging the court like a restless panther, Althea had her big game zeroed in with power and precision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Power Game | 7/15/1957 | See Source »

The world's biggest scientific instrument, and probably its biggest precision mechanism, is the giant radiotelescope at Jodrell Bank, just south of Manchester, England. Demonstrated to the press last week, it is almost finished and will go into action this summer, reaching into the depths of the universe for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Bobby Dazzler | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

The concert was saved from failure by Renard, only now having its New England premier after 41 years. This used a small orchestra of 15 or so, and they were able to play with the requisite precision. The work is a ballet-burlesque, brilliantly choreographed after Balanchine, wonderfully costumed, and...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Sixth Annual Boston Arts Festival Evaluated | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

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