The Boxscore Has Become Very Special
A reflective piece on the box score as a historical, emotional, and informational staple of baseball. It traces origins from 1853 to Chadwick, notes changes by wire services in 1968, and laments the trend toward shorter line scores. Prominent voices include Seymour Sinoff of the Elias Bureau.
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NEW York
NBA
Roger Angell
New Yorker
Florida
Seymour Sinoff
Elias Statistical Bureau
F.W.T
Spirit of the Times
Henry Chadwick
Sinoff
Babe Didrikson Zaharias A Sports Immortal Legend
The Babe, Mildred Didrikson Zaharias, excelled across sports from baseball to golf and track. She set world records in 1932 and won Olympic gold, later dominating women’s golf with multiple titles, reinstate as an amateur, then pro again, and finishing with a 1951 Tampa Open record before dying of cancer in 1956.
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Texas
Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Pepper Martin
Evanston
Illinois
Dallas
Los Angeles
Dallas Insurance Company
Dallas Country Club
Club Pro Pat
Fort Worth
U.S
U.S. Golf Association
Scotland
Jacqueline Gordon
England
United States
Tam O’shanter
Babe Zaharias
Beaumont
Dodgers banking on 368000 pitching staff for 1973 pennant
Los Angeles sets a 1973 rotation led by Claude Osteen Don Sutton and Andy Messersmith with a $368000 pitching budget. Key outfield and infield battles shape the lineup after trades sending Parker Wills Robinson and Mikkelsen elsewhere.
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Vero Beach
Fla
Los Angeles Banks
Walt Alston
Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Houston
California Angels
Andy Messersmith
Bill Singer
Messersmith
California
Claude Osteen
Don Sutton
Tommy John
al Downing
Sutton
Jim Brewer
Los Angeles Baseball Firemen
Charlie Hough
Bruce Ellingsen
Albuquerque
Pete Richert
Brewer
Alma North Wins Rich Con niver Handicap at Bowie Race Course
Alma North a five year old mare from East Acres Stables Gene Mori led a front running on the closing day at Bowie Race Course to win the 23550 dollar Con niver Handicap with Rudy Turcotte aboard. She defeated Euonymus by ten lengths with Lady Galaxy and Crooked Answer rounding out the top four. The slow track produced a 1:45.4 time as Alma North increased career earnings beyond 250000 dollars and paid 3.40 2.40 2.40 to win place show.
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Bowie, Md
East Acres
Gene Mori
Bowie Race Course
Maryland
Garden State Race Track
Rudy Turcotte
Alma North
Euonymus
Lady Galaxy
Crooked Answer
Atlantic Breeze
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James T. Farrell
the Sports Immortals
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Green
Bill Russell
Associated Press
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Prentice-Hall, Inc
Englewood Cliffs
New Jersey
Los Angeles Dodgers
Alston
Miami Dolphins
Paciorek
University of Houston
Dave Lopes
Lee Lacy
Ron Cey
Ken McMullen
Dodger
Wills
Russell
Osteen
Willie Davis
Davis
Manny Mota
Willie Crawford
von Joshua
Buckner
Joshua
Crawford
Steve Yeager
Joe Ferguson
Yeager
Ferguson
Dick Dietz
Chris Cannizzaro
Dietz
Cannizzaro
Bowie
Hoboken
Gils
Cay
Ewe
Arie
Lata Ee
Mhd
AD “i Hm
Det Rac
HKG
DOO
ORI Ttt Ik
ORM Vets
Ree Vans
Daly
Gotham
Knickerbocker
Kouekerboiers
Fancett
Adams
Poskoey
Dupernac
Cedhip
Tryos
Wieslow, Jr
Winslow
Se . A
Tucker
Edaworth
Welter ‘ Litz
Environmental Builders, Inc
Fish Hatchery Road
Vone
Mars Opticians
Contact Lenses & Weat
Western Mortgage & Investment CO
N. Main Street
Mt. Airy
Westminster
Schick
Remington
Shavex Sunbeam
Ronson
Norelco
Frederick Towne Mall
Frederick, MD
King Howard
Crouse
South Market ST
Clui
Ewapa
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