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...Houston Colt Abe should run out of ammunition pretty fast. Star Bobby Shants' arm is stamped reject, and even their slugger, Ramon Mejias, ain't what he used to be. And what...
...felt like a fighter wearing 16-ounce gloves . . . up against a bare-knuckle slugger who had gouged, kneed, and kicked"--so he writes of his feelings after the "kitchen debate." Of the 1952 campaign he reflects: "The idea of putting Stevenson in the ring with a man like Stalin simply petrified me." The quality the U.S. needs most of in the Cold War is "moral, mental, and physical stamina"; the men who make policy do not require imagination or intelligence so much as "facing up to hard realities." Well-researched, well-briefed, in a word, well-trained, Mr. Nixon battles...
...Operating on the theory that one good deed deserves another, Yankee Slugger (61 home runs) Roger Maris showed up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to talk contract with General Manager Roy Hamey. His bags were already packed, should Hamey prove stubborn, but Maris was persuaded to stay. The clincher: a $32,000 raise (to $70,000)-or about $525 for each of his 1961 homers...
...Yankee Slugger Roger Maris turned up in Rochester, N.Y., to accept the $10,000 S. Rae Hickok belt, awarded annually to the Professional Athlete of the Year. Maris would not say what he plans to do with the belt-but its 2¾ lbs. of gold and 27 diamonds should keep him in hamburgers until he gets around to signing his 1962 Yankee contract...
...Yankees won 2-0. And in the second, Cincinnati's Joey Jay pitched a neat four-hitter to square the series. That set the stage for Yankee Outfielder Roger Maris. Emotionally and physically exhausted after his season-long assault on Babe Ruth's home-run record, Slugger Maris was still looking for his first Series hit when he came to bat in the ninth inning of the third game. With the score tied 2-2, Maris finally connected with a hit that took its place in baseball history with Babe Ruth's homer in the 1932 Series...