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...second John Dockery walked and stole second, beating Riley's throw easily. He died at second. Neville drew his second walk an inning later, took off for second, and never stopped running as Riley's throw soared into center. But Tom Bilodeau and Stephenson left him on third...
...pattern was set in the first inning when George Neville walked and took off for second. Catcher Pete Riley's throw was at least ten feet off the bag, and Neville made it with ease; he scored promptly on Tom Stephenson's single...
...fourth the Crimson finally broke through. Dockery walked for the second time. Bohaboy, knowing what was up by now, threw five pickoff throws to first, trying to hold the speedy sophomore close to the bag. When he finally threw to the plate, Riley dropped the ball. Dockery zipped down to second and scored on Bobby St. George's single a moment later...
...where the band is strung out behind the bar like a police lineup. Woody and his men were trudging through the sticks playing just the kind of one-nighters that build character and make big bands dear to novelists: Columbus, Neb., to Grand Island, Neb.; Grand Island to Fort Riley, Kans.; Fort Riley to Pryor, Okla...
...present accompanists?Rouse on tenor, Butch Warren, 24, on bass, and Ben Riley, 30, on drums?have a good feeling for his music. Rouse is a hard-sound player who knows that his instrument suggests a human cry more than a bird song, and he plays as if he is speaking the truth. Warren's rich, loping bass is well suited to Monk's rhythms if not his harmonic ideals; he is like a pony in pasture who traces his mother's footsteps without stealing her grace. Riley has just joined the band, but he could be the man Monk...