Contemplative look at rookies in baseball and horse racing
A columnist compares rookie odds in baseball and horse racing, noting few hit .300 or win big and that high initial costs exist for promising horses. It cites Curt Simmons and Wakefield as pricey bets, discusses farm systems, and highlights Ray Stevens as a hopeful boxing heavyweight with potential to become a future champion.
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Wakefield
Tigers
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Red Sox
Simmons
Pericles
Ben Chapman
Bob Brown
Brown
Cardinals
Jim Hearn
Giants
Jansen
Dodgers
Robinson
Vero Beach
Sanford
Fla
Albany
Joe Louis
Walter Friedman
Ray Stevens
San Francisco
Stevens
The Duffer and the Average Golfer Drive Modern Golf
A veteran pro, Al Ciuci, argues golf hinges on the duffer and average player not stars. He defines average as about 100, notes common faults like slicing, caused by poor body turn and an inside-out swing, and offers a corrective cue to aim the club slightly to the right.
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Nelsons
Hogans
Mangrums
Demarets
al Ciuci
Fresh Meadow
Ciuci
Cuuci
Television Chiefs Forecast Billion Dollar Room Year
Hollywood observers foresee 1948 as a billion dollar year for TV with NBC executives stating green lights for expansion and gains in sets and stations. Industry leaders predict 750000 sets produced this year and about 20 U S stations active, with more approvals and new outlets planned including NBC in San Francisco.
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Hollywood
Calif
Indus
Jennings Pierce
National Broadcasting Company
Pierce
NBC
Hollywood Advertising Club
J. R. Poppole
Bamberger Broadcasting Service
Poppole
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Arrow Poison Aids Chest Surgeries At UC Hospital
Three researchers report curare the arrow poison aids chest operations at the University of California hospital. In 462 operations the poison enabled use of the hot knife on lungs and could safely slow or stop breathing during surgery, through temporary paralysis of lung muscles.
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San Francisco
University of California Hospital
H. Brodie Stephens
P. Harroun
F. E. Beckett
Blind Miner Unhurt in Shaft After Escape From Snowslide
Roy New man a blind miner survived a snowslide in a mountain canyon and hid in a mine shaft after his cabin withstood the slide. Rescuers searched shafts while three skiers with California plates left a Brighton lodge before the avalanche. About 100 winter sports enthusiasts, including 45 Stanford students, were stranded nearby.
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Salt Lake City
Roy Newman
California
Brighton
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Wasatch Mountains
Stanford University
Wallet return nets Darlington man a new car
Marco Win gate of Darlington received a new automobile as a reward after returning a wallet containing $35,000 lost at a local car auction. The dealer rewarded him for his honesty with the car.
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Darlington
S. C
Marco Wingate
Marco
Rain Sinks Car With Hitchhiker Aboard In New Bedford
In New Bedford Massachusetts Otto Thebner and his wife misread a map during a downpour and drove along railroad tracks. Their car was demolished and dragged 35 feet by an Old Colony train. A female passenger suffered minor cuts from glass.
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New Bedford
Mass
Otto Thebner
Middleboro
Kings Highway
Thebner
Boston
New Beard
Old Colony
Water Pollution Causes in the United States
The primary sources are municipal sewage and wastes dumped into streams and rivers without proper treatment, and industrial toxins and injurious fluids discharged into public waters without adequate treatment to lessen their poisonous effects.
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The
United States
Potatoes Retain Vitamin C Better When Pressure Cooked
Experiments at two state stations found potatoes cooked in a pressure saucepan until tender in eight minutes retain about 88 percent of their original vitamin C. Boiled potatoes in a standard kettle averaged 75 percent, with some as low as 41 percent.
Why Clothes Wrinkles Ties to Fiber Fineness and Recovery
Chemists report to the American Chemical Society that garment wrinkles stem from the inherent fiber structure. Fabric stretch resistance hinges on filament fineness fiber mobility and the material's ability to recover after deformation without permanent set.
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American Chemical Society
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United Nations Appeal For Children
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Tubby) Thomes
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